Monday, March 12, 2012

Waterfowl flu though no symptoms were

Waterfowl flu though no symptoms were12/03/2012 09:54:00,

 The avian influenza virus does not exist only on infected birds, but also appear in both herds not infected waterfowl are being raised, or sold in the market even without active disease.For more than two months of 2012, at the same time the country had to face many other diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), A/H5N1 influenza, dengue fever etc ... capable of large-scale outbreak especially influenza A/H5N1. TCM alone patients had nearly 12,500 cases, appeared in 60 provinces and cities. Over the same period in 2011, 7.46 times increase of morbidity and mortality increase of 11 cases. This is information the Department of Preventive Medicine - The Health Ministry confirmed.
According to Department of Preventive Medicine, TCM disease this year there will be complicated with a high number of broad questions. Causes intestinal viral disease, spread by ingestion and direct contact, many type virus, while a virus may have many different type. In particular, the rate of healthy people carry the infection in the outbreak as high as 71%, bolder waste time, and some child care providers wash their hands to apply preventive measures to lower properly.
Department of Preventive Medicine also noted the high circulation of EV-71 virus type causing a risk of serious illness, more likely to die. Many hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City is the number of patients with TCM are increasing day by day with about 10% of cases were severe. Just this past week, there were nearly 140 more HFMD cases in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the number of questions from over 925 cases, up almost 3.6 times over the same period in 2011.
A/H5N1 flu alone there were four cases were aged 17-31, including 2 deaths, both in terms of increased morbidity and mortality. Worrying that these patients have been slaughtered and used poultry, waterfowl disease. In the context of the current poultry epidemic, when in many places are not really serious about preventing the risk of epidemic spread of influenza A/H5N1 in humans is what the experts are very concerned .
Especially since, not only avian influenza virus exists in poultry diseases, but also appear in both herds not infected waterfowl are being raised, or sold in the market even without active disease

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