At least seven countries found that h1n1 virus mutation
Posted on January 5, 2010
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There are at least seven countries have found that mutation Influenza A H1N1 influenza virus cases, but no mutation was found infected with the virus A flow of any link between a small number of patients, such cases are sporadic and spontaneous phenomenon, did not cause the sudden increase in the number of infections or an increase in cases of severe and death.
As the lungs of influenza victims of coke?
Notice that the variation of the first case was discovered in April of this year, as of now, there a flow of virus mutation countries, including Norway, Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine and United States.
On the same day, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health reported on three cases of influenza A virus mutation cases, including two deaths and one severe case. But have not found this virus on a flow of a vaccine or antiviral drug-resistant.
In addition, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 20, said that the North Carolina at Duke University Hospital, four patients a few days ago in the “Tamiflu” Tolerance Type A flow tested positive for the virus, of which three have already died and another one is being recovering.
United Kingdom Health Protection Agency has also issued the same day, the communique said that in Wales, a hospital ward where there is a nine people were confirmed infected with a stream, of which 5 were major components of the body the virus on Tamiflu, oseltamivir resistance.
Developed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche’s “Tamiflu” and the British GlaxoSmithKline – GSK company’s “Relenza” is the two main drug prevention and treatment of influenza. According to reports, the World Health Organization has reported the world’s more than 50 cases of Tamiflu resistance Type A stream of these cases are mostly in isolation. WHO says there is no sufficient evidence to show that this drug-resistant virus, human-human transmission. This variation is not the virus lethal virus, more than any other. The study also shows that another antiviral drug Relenza is still such a variation to be effective.
As of November 15, globally at least 206 countries and regions have reported a flow of WHO confirmed cases, including at least 6770 cases of deaths.
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