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Wu Jinxiang, an epidemiologist, infers that the new crown pneumonia is the local mouse in Wuhan
New York Newspaper , February 18, 2020 16:30
The source of the virus and intermediate host of new coronal pneumonia (COVID-19) is still inconclusive, and some studies refer to pangolin or bat. However, epidemiologist Wu Jinxiang, who had participated in the Hong Kong government's investigation of SARS in 2003, pointed out in the latest ResearchGate online article that the largest suspicious intermediate host for COVID-19 is a mouse, more specifically It is a local mouse in Wuhan .
Professor Wu Jinxiang's argument is that the South China Seafood Wholesale Market is generally considered to be the source of the virus for New Crown Pneumonia. But subsequent research surveys showed that of the first four confirmed cases, three of them had not visited the market and had no contact with the staff of the seafood market. And these three patients did not have any contact with each other before the onset of the disease. He pointed out that at the same time, according to a paper published on January 24 by the Lancet of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Wuhan Virus Research Institute, 34% of the first 41 confirmed cases had not visited the seafood market. Wu Jinxiang believes that this can rule out that this seafood market is the sole source of the virus.
Secondly, new crown pneumonia virus was indeed detected on the floor, table top and other utensils in this market. At the same time, no CONVID-19 virus has been isolated from other wild animals. Pangolin may be one of the intermediate hosts, but no new crown pneumonia virus has been found in pangolin so far. Wu Jinxiang concluded that this shows that there must be another small mammal as a suspect.
Wu Jinxiang is a pediatrician and an epidemiologist. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Hong Kong in 1972, received a professional diploma in pediatrics from the United States in 1981, and received a PhD in epidemiology from Columbia University in New York in 1986. port. He was an adjunct associate professor at the School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999 and 2010.
He also specializes in the cause and transmission of infectious diseases. He participated in the Hong Kong government's investigation of atypical pneumonia (SARS) in 2003 and published a paper in the "Lancet" journal. He first proposed that the rat might be an outbreak of the Xiangtao Garden Important cause of infection.
In his latest article, Wu Jinxiang pointed the most suspected intermediate host to mice.
He pointed out that they are currently looking for "Patient Zero" (the first infected person), and the transmission route of the intermediate host is the mouse, which can provide a reasonable explanation. There are two possibilities: The "Patient No. 0" found is not the genuine one, and the source of the "darkness" of New Coronary Pulmonary Inflammation is the "Personal No. 0". The second possibility is that "Patient Zero" does not live near this seafood market. He was infected by other mammals carrying the virus.
Wu Jinxiang said that so far, there is no evidence that there are patients with invisible latency before the "zero patient", and there is no evidence that the other three confirmed cases who have not visited the seafood market have independently contacted this invisible latency. patient.
He said that if the "Patient Zero" who did not live near the seafood market was indeed infected by other animals, then this animal, bats might be the biggest suspects, but it might also be rats. But this Wuhan seafood market didn't sell bats at the time, and bats were usually not active in winter, and there was not much chance for ordinary people to come into contact with bats.
Wu Jinxiang, who retired in Hawaii, noted in the article that mice are the most likely intermediate host. On the one hand, the rats were wading around. As a result, the mice in the seafood market were infected by the wild animals carrying the COVID-19 virus. This spread among the rats. Once the new crown pneumonia virus is transmitted between mice, the number reaches a certain level and it begins to spread to humans.
Another possibility is that the mouse is the intermediate host, and the mouse is infected by the bat. These sick bats may be from nearby facilities.
He also believes that mice in Wuhan may be particularly susceptible to this new coronary pneumonia, and that outbreaks have occurred early in the herd. Although Wuhan currently adopts the strictest blockade and epidemic prevention measures that prohibit outsiders from entering and exiting, rats continue to move around and inside the residential buildings and spread viruses.
Wu Jinxiang finally suggested that the mice in Wuhan should be tested immediately. If they were found to have the COVID-19 virus, then the Wuhan authorities must start a comprehensive anti-rat operation.
https://www.worldjournal.com/6793304/article-流行病學者吳錦祥推斷-新型肺炎罪首是武漢本地老/
