H1N1 influenza can be confirmed in 4 hours
Posted on May 21, 2009
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From the outbreak of Influenza A H1N1 influenza in Mexico, causing worldwide concern in recent days in China, Sichuan, Shandong, separately confirmed in two cases of Influenza A H1N1 influenza cases, which so many people began to panic. Influenza A H1N1 influenza virus in the end how far away from us? It will not be in China’s large-scale outbreaks? The public what should be done to prevent it? Today, we are on these issues, interview Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Virus Disease Control and Prevention deputy director of the National Director of the Center, Mr. Shu Yuelong influenza.
”Influenza A H1N1 flu” outbreak in our country there is no sign of
Reporter: Would you please now tell you about the present, China’s overall situation of influenza A H1N1 influenza outbreak in the end what? There any signs of an outbreak of a large area?
Shu Yuelong: This Influenza H1N1 influenza outbreak, at present mainly in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and other countries. Our country is currently only confirmed two cases, respectively, in our Sichuan Province and Shandong Province, has not found many more cases, but also found no cases of human to human transmission, it should be said that no signs of large-scale outbreak of the current that is the case.
Reporter: It is mainly based on what kind of channels in the spread?
Shu Yuelong: Now you can prove that it is a kind of communication between people, it in the United States and Mexico is primarily transmitted by respiratory droplets or human contact mode of spread.
Prevention of Influenza A H1N1 influenza virus influenza vaccine to fight common invalid
Reporter: If you play the kind of ordinary flu vaccine for the prevention of influenza A H1N1 influenza virus that can do work,
Shu Yuelong: flu vaccination can effectively prevent the current widespread in the population we are influenza virus, then played after the influenza vaccine, will prevent this new type of – influenza A H1N1 influenza, there is no sufficient scientific evidence to prove it, and some limited evidence that current influenza vaccine, may be such a (H1N1 influenza virus) protection should be little or none. So this is looking forward to more research data to prove it, then from the data published by the United States now appears to, or limited research, it is of such cross-protection is still very low.
Reporter: That is to play such a common flu vaccine for the prevention of influenza A H1N1 influenza virus that is essentially what role can not afford, is it?
Shu Yuelong: Personally, I think so.
4 hours can be diagnosed, “Influenza A H1N1 influenza”
Reporter: What are the symptoms manifested by persons is to be infected ( “Influenza H1N1 flu”)? Doctor is based on several indicators, which confirmed?
Shu Yuelong: the current Influenza H1N1 influenza-like symptoms, with our seasonal influenza, the symptoms caused by very similar, fever, or sore throat, pharyngeal pain mean that the clinical symptoms, the doctor from a clinical point of view, it is difficult to difference, is not infected with influenza A H1N1 influenza or other influenza infections, or ask other respiratory viral infections, are very indistinguishable. So it is now confirmed, mainly based on laboratory testing, what does that mean, that is through laboratory testing technology to detect and then you really infected with this specific virus, and then we can diagnosis you have been infected with the virus Therefore, it requires a rather complicated one detection means can be confirmed.
Reporter: From the “suspected” to “confirmed” is about how long it takes?
Shuyue Long: It is now the fastest way to detect this virus is to detect the virus nucleic acid, then some time ago we have seen that already have such detection technology, is now the fastest of this detection technology, is also relatively is the most sensitive detection technology, at least four hours.
Reporter: So we are in Shandong and Sichuan confirmed that the two cases, is not it is diagnosed in four hours?
Shuyue Long: Yes, we have from this specimen to the laboratory, after four hours of the two cases be confirmed.
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