Emergence of new variants of Influenza A H1N1 influenza virus
Posted on July 5, 2009
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According to Mexico’s Center for Epidemiology and Disease Control said, Mexico, to detect mutations in influenza A H1N1 influenza viruses. Similar to the situation in the United States and Canada have also been found that this let the scholars are very worried, because there may be a new virus has a more invasive.
The emergence of new virus variants
RIA Novosti reported May 15 that day in Mexico Epidemiology and Disease Control Center for Mick said that the progress fluorescent antibody test to detect the A virus, it can not be classified. Mexico’s Minister of Health, commented on the above situation, mutation of the influenza A H1N1 virus, more serious than the AIDS virus.
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May be further variation
According to Reuters, the WHO said that the influenza A H1N1 influenza virus is also likely to continue to mutate into a more virulent virus, triggering an influenza pandemic outbreak, enough to cause three waves in the global epidemic.
Allegedly, with the exception of Mexico, other countries, a new influenza virus infection symptoms are mild. However, influenza viruses, often without any warning a sudden mutation, did not rule out the possibility of new variant appear more toxic.
Similar to the 1957 influenza virus
The U.S. “Science” magazine published in London’s Imperial College to a new study results, influenza HIN1 the performance characteristics of influenza virus influenza outbreak in 1957, the virus is similar to the 1957 worldwide flu epidemic has caused two million people were killed.
Tamiflu is still effective against viruses
Yesterday, the WHO’s Beijing spokesman Chen Weiyun In an interview with the Voice of China, an interview, said that there is no indication that H1N1 influenza virus Influenza generate resistance to the drug Tamiflu.
Chen Weiyun said that now H1N1 virus is still sensitive to Tamiflu, so it is one of the therapeutic drugs, failure of Tamiflu is only seasonal influenza viruses.
The virus did not originate from laboratory
WHO is responsible for health and safety of the Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda, 14, said that after analysis of the past few days, scientists have concluded that influenza currently circulating H1N1 influenza viruses are naturally occurring, rather than derived from the laboratory. After some time, scientists will investigate the exact source of the virus clearly.
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