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Indonesia isolate AH1N1 entire districts where the H1N5 and combine
Thursday 10 September, 07:52 PM
Jakarta, Sept. 11 (EFE) .- Indonesia, with over a thousand cases of influenza AH1N1 and a population of 230 million people, considering quarantining entire districts if the virus mixes with avian influenza, mutate, and one born new unpredictable triggering an epidemic.
In this case, the mutation would result, scientists say, a body which would combine the aggressive H1N5 strain of avian influenza and the ease of transmission of AH1N1.
"What really worries us is that the flu virus AH1N1 be combined with the flu. That would be a more serious problem," said Tjandra Yoga Aditama Efe, general manager for Disease Control and Environmental Health, Indonesia .
Genetic analysis indicates that the flu-causing organisms not only mutate rapidly and unpredictably, but can exchange genes if a person or animal is infected with viruses of different strains at once.
Unlike AH1N1, this strain of avian difficulty is transmitted between humans, but has a mortality rate of 60 percent.
Indonesia's Health Minister, Siti Fadillah Supari controversy, he was "concerned" about this opportunity to announce the first of AH1N1 infections in the country.
"We are concerned because we are the more virulent H5N1 store," said health minister.
"The Health Ministry is in constant contact with the Ministry of Agriculture and may carry out constant (in humans and animals) to detect mutations as soon as possible. We have not recorded any change in the virus at the moment," said Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the maximum responsible for the fight against bird AH1N1.
Regarding the possible mutation, "the only thing I could do is remain vigilant," said the expert, who acknowledged that the pandemic is unstoppable.
In his view, Indonesia, toughened by the experience of being the country worst hit by bird flu with 119 fatalities, "has the structure" necessary to combat the disease "in a more efficient".
Thus, the government has two big plans Pandemic Preparedness: one of health issues and other social complications, logistic, economic and security issues.
However, Tjandra Yoga Aditama was somewhat optimistic because the country has had far fewer cases than most nations of their environment.
Indonesia detected the first patients of the new flu weeks later became public that the outbreak in Mexico, and after a period with more than twenty infections daily, significantly reduced the spread of the disease.
"Now it has slowed, but it is too early to conclude that has stagnated," said the CEO, who noted that the Ministry of Health has set no estimates of infection in the medium term.
Tjandra Yoga Aditama explained that most of the 1097 cases reported so far have been detected in large cities affect people between 10 and 25 years largely because men and women alike.
Since discovering the AH1N1 flu outbreak, Indonesia has implemented several security mechanisms to contain health effects, including controls at ports and airports, improved communication within the hospital network and public campaigns and information schools disease, its symptoms and steps to be taken.
According to the latest WHO data, more than 250,000 people have contracted bird AH1N1 worldwide and 2837 of them have died. EFE
http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/11092009/...ros-ah1n1.html
Thursday 10 September, 07:52 PM
Jakarta, Sept. 11 (EFE) .- Indonesia, with over a thousand cases of influenza AH1N1 and a population of 230 million people, considering quarantining entire districts if the virus mixes with avian influenza, mutate, and one born new unpredictable triggering an epidemic.
In this case, the mutation would result, scientists say, a body which would combine the aggressive H1N5 strain of avian influenza and the ease of transmission of AH1N1.
"What really worries us is that the flu virus AH1N1 be combined with the flu. That would be a more serious problem," said Tjandra Yoga Aditama Efe, general manager for Disease Control and Environmental Health, Indonesia .
Genetic analysis indicates that the flu-causing organisms not only mutate rapidly and unpredictably, but can exchange genes if a person or animal is infected with viruses of different strains at once.
Unlike AH1N1, this strain of avian difficulty is transmitted between humans, but has a mortality rate of 60 percent.
Indonesia's Health Minister, Siti Fadillah Supari controversy, he was "concerned" about this opportunity to announce the first of AH1N1 infections in the country.
"We are concerned because we are the more virulent H5N1 store," said health minister.
"The Health Ministry is in constant contact with the Ministry of Agriculture and may carry out constant (in humans and animals) to detect mutations as soon as possible. We have not recorded any change in the virus at the moment," said Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the maximum responsible for the fight against bird AH1N1.
Regarding the possible mutation, "the only thing I could do is remain vigilant," said the expert, who acknowledged that the pandemic is unstoppable.
In his view, Indonesia, toughened by the experience of being the country worst hit by bird flu with 119 fatalities, "has the structure" necessary to combat the disease "in a more efficient".
Thus, the government has two big plans Pandemic Preparedness: one of health issues and other social complications, logistic, economic and security issues.
However, Tjandra Yoga Aditama was somewhat optimistic because the country has had far fewer cases than most nations of their environment.
Indonesia detected the first patients of the new flu weeks later became public that the outbreak in Mexico, and after a period with more than twenty infections daily, significantly reduced the spread of the disease.
"Now it has slowed, but it is too early to conclude that has stagnated," said the CEO, who noted that the Ministry of Health has set no estimates of infection in the medium term.
Tjandra Yoga Aditama explained that most of the 1097 cases reported so far have been detected in large cities affect people between 10 and 25 years largely because men and women alike.
Since discovering the AH1N1 flu outbreak, Indonesia has implemented several security mechanisms to contain health effects, including controls at ports and airports, improved communication within the hospital network and public campaigns and information schools disease, its symptoms and steps to be taken.
According to the latest WHO data, more than 250,000 people have contracted bird AH1N1 worldwide and 2837 of them have died. EFE
http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/11092009/...ros-ah1n1.html
