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Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak
Are "Hubei" and "Hebei" different provinces, or just variant spellings of the same province?
Published Date: 2012-02-25 14:03:58
Subject: PRO/EDR> Adenovirus 55 - China: (HI) - Severe respiratory disease
Archive Number: 20120225.1052511
ADENOVIRUS 55 - CHINA: (HUBEI) - SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISEASE
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Fri 24 Feb 2012
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel [edited]
China confirms suspected adenovirus infection outbreak: CDC
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TAIPEI: An outbreak of disease that is causing a stir in the Chinese online community is not SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] but an adenovirusinfection, the [Taiwan] Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed Friday [24 Feb 2012] after checking with the [mainland] Chinese health authorities.
China told the CDC that the suspected outbreak in Hebei Province was in fact an adenovirus type 55 infection, CDC Deputy Director-GeneralChou Chih-hau said. China, however, did not reveal the scale of the epidemic to Taiwan. Chou said that adenovirus infection is easy to treat and that the CDC does not need to investigate any further.
Adenovirus type 55 infection was first discovered in China’s Shaanxi Province in 2006. Of 254 high school students treated for the infection, only one died. There is no record of adenovirus type 55 infection in Taiwan, according to CDC statistics.
Many Chinese citizens have voiced concern over a possible [outbreak] of SARS in a military hospital in Hebei, according to a local daily newspaper published a day earlier. Bloggers alleged that hundreds have been hospitalized in isolation wards and that at least one person has died of the disease, the newspaper report said.
(By Nancy Liu)
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Communicated by:
Mark Liao
MSI
UC Davis School of Medicine
Class of 2015
[Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in China in February 2003. The illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. Since 2004, there have not been any known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world. According to the World Health Organization, a total of 8098 people worldwide contracted SARS during the 2003 outbreak. Of these, 774 died.
In general, SARS began with a high fever. Other symptoms included headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, and body aches. Some people also have mild respiratory symptoms at the outset. About 10 percent to 20 percent of patients had diarrhea. Most patients develop pneumonia.
As of today, the spread of SARS has been fully contained, with the last infected human case seen in June 2003 (disregarding a laboratory-induced infection case in 2004). However, SARS is not claimed to have been eradicated, as it may still be present in its natural host reservoirs (animal populations) and may potentially return into the human population in the future.
In 2005, two studies identified a number of SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats. Phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that the SAR-related coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly, or through animals held in Chinese markets. The bats did not show any visible signs of disease, but are likely the natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. In late 2006, scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Hong Kong University and the Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species.
Adenoviruses are associated with moderate to severe respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus 55 is a novel human adenovirus derived by genome recombination. (Michael Walsh et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2010 vol. 48 no. 3 991-993; http://jcm.asm.org/content/48/3/991.short). Analysis of human adenovirus type 55 from a previous outbreak of sever respiratory disease in China revealed a hexon recombination between human adenovirus B11 and human adenovirus B14, resulting in a genome that is 97.4% human adenovirus B14.
The current outbreak of adenovirus type 55 infection in Hubei province has been sufficiently severe to arouse fears of a recurrence of the bat coronavirus SARS outbreak in 2003.
The location of Hubei province can be found in the map of the provinces of China at http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html. - Mod.CP]
Are "Hubei" and "Hebei" different provinces, or just variant spellings of the same province?
Published Date: 2012-02-25 14:03:58
Subject: PRO/EDR> Adenovirus 55 - China: (HI) - Severe respiratory disease
Archive Number: 20120225.1052511
ADENOVIRUS 55 - CHINA: (HUBEI) - SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISEASE
************************************************** *********
A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Fri 24 Feb 2012
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel [edited]
China confirms suspected adenovirus infection outbreak: CDC
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TAIPEI: An outbreak of disease that is causing a stir in the Chinese online community is not SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] but an adenovirusinfection, the [Taiwan] Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed Friday [24 Feb 2012] after checking with the [mainland] Chinese health authorities.
China told the CDC that the suspected outbreak in Hebei Province was in fact an adenovirus type 55 infection, CDC Deputy Director-GeneralChou Chih-hau said. China, however, did not reveal the scale of the epidemic to Taiwan. Chou said that adenovirus infection is easy to treat and that the CDC does not need to investigate any further.
Adenovirus type 55 infection was first discovered in China’s Shaanxi Province in 2006. Of 254 high school students treated for the infection, only one died. There is no record of adenovirus type 55 infection in Taiwan, according to CDC statistics.
Many Chinese citizens have voiced concern over a possible [outbreak] of SARS in a military hospital in Hebei, according to a local daily newspaper published a day earlier. Bloggers alleged that hundreds have been hospitalized in isolation wards and that at least one person has died of the disease, the newspaper report said.
(By Nancy Liu)
--
Communicated by:
Mark Liao
MSI
UC Davis School of Medicine
Class of 2015
[Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in China in February 2003. The illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. Since 2004, there have not been any known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world. According to the World Health Organization, a total of 8098 people worldwide contracted SARS during the 2003 outbreak. Of these, 774 died.
In general, SARS began with a high fever. Other symptoms included headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, and body aches. Some people also have mild respiratory symptoms at the outset. About 10 percent to 20 percent of patients had diarrhea. Most patients develop pneumonia.
As of today, the spread of SARS has been fully contained, with the last infected human case seen in June 2003 (disregarding a laboratory-induced infection case in 2004). However, SARS is not claimed to have been eradicated, as it may still be present in its natural host reservoirs (animal populations) and may potentially return into the human population in the future.
In 2005, two studies identified a number of SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats. Phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that the SAR-related coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly, or through animals held in Chinese markets. The bats did not show any visible signs of disease, but are likely the natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. In late 2006, scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Hong Kong University and the Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species.
Adenoviruses are associated with moderate to severe respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus 55 is a novel human adenovirus derived by genome recombination. (Michael Walsh et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2010 vol. 48 no. 3 991-993; http://jcm.asm.org/content/48/3/991.short). Analysis of human adenovirus type 55 from a previous outbreak of sever respiratory disease in China revealed a hexon recombination between human adenovirus B11 and human adenovirus B14, resulting in a genome that is 97.4% human adenovirus B14.
The current outbreak of adenovirus type 55 infection in Hubei province has been sufficiently severe to arouse fears of a recurrence of the bat coronavirus SARS outbreak in 2003.
The location of Hubei province can be found in the map of the provinces of China at http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html. - Mod.CP]
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