H1N1 virus are different from ordinary flu virus
Posted on November 8, 2009
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Influenza experts Tuesday (15 days) at a meeting, said a stream of deaths after an autopsy found that, although a stream has not yet cause more deaths, but this new virus with ordinary flu virus is different.
U.S. CDC’s chief infectious disease pathologist, Dr. Sherif Zaki said that the U.S. killed a patient flow deep in the lung infections, including lung damage. This will lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
World Health Organization, the global has been reported out of 3205 cases of deaths in a stream, but experts agree that the severity of a stream has been significantly underestimated, because the real tested only a small fraction of patients.
According to WHO data, the global annual number of deaths due to seasonal influenza as 250,000 -50 million, but a flow difference is that, young people and children most vulnerable to severe symptoms.
”Seasonal influenza rarely fatal diffuse alveolar damage situation,” Zaki said.
Easily lead to seasonal influenza, bronchitis and other upper respiratory system diseases. However, Zaki said that the right died in a stream of about 90 people autopsy found that a flow of the virus hidden in their lungs, and their blood also contains large amounts of the virus.
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