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Human-to-human bird flu transmission confirmed
UN predicts death of 150 million people
Human-to-human transmission of bird flu has been confirmed in Indonesia (APA). The mutated form of the virus is the danger that scientists expected.
The spread of the bird flu virus from human to human can claim millions of lives. According to pessimistic forecasts of the UN experts, the spread of the virus from human to human may lead to the death of at least 150 million people. Russian head sanitary inspector Gennadi Inishenko predicts 50 million and Russian Emergencies Ministry predicts 27 million might die from this virus.
The possibility of spread of the H5N1 virus from human to human was confirmed in Indonesia. The virus has been found on three children, who stayed in the same room with the infected woman.
The World Health Organization has investigated the death of six of seven members of a family, who contracted the deadly virus in Indonesia. It was confirmed that the 10-year-old child contracted the virus from his aunt and it spread to the father and other members of the family. The WHO is now conducting a large-scale investigation into the case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu.
The Health Ministry spokesman Samaye Mammadova told APA that no emergency sanitary regime is due to be held in Azerbaijan related to the investigation of new mutated form of the bird flu virus. She said precautions are being implemented.
The H5N1 virus has already killed more than 120 people worldwide since 2003. It has also devastated poultry stocks.
Hmmm.. het is nog een beetje schimmigquote:Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 22:36 schreef DaMart het volgende:
Dat spreekt dit bericht behoorlijk tegen.
Edit: blijkbaar heeft nu.nl een behoorlijk gematigde vertaling erop losgelaten.
Er is dus nog geen verklaring voor hoe die mensen het opgelopen hebben.quote:
Alarm at human bird flu cluster
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is extremely worried about a cluster of recent human deaths from the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.
Seven people from the same family in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, died from the disease earlier this month.
WHO spokesman Peter Cordingley said there was no sign of diseased poultry in the immediate area.
Investigators are looking into the possibility that the virus spread from human to human, Mr Cordingley said.
But he emphasised that there was no indication the virus had mutated.
Van SARS hoor je ook niks meer, dat heb je met modeverschijnselen.quote:Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 23:28 schreef Skyloto het volgende:
Ik had niet verwacht dat die vogelgriep er nog was, aangezien ik er al in geen maanden van heb gehoord.
Het is gewoon dagelijks in het nieuws, wel niet in Nederland, maar ja.. de wereld is groter dan dat he.quote:Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 23:28 schreef Skyloto het volgende:
Ik had niet verwacht dat die vogelgriep er nog was, aangezien ik er al in geen maanden van heb gehoord.
Het valt dus blijkbaar mee gelukkig. Geen mens-op-mens variant volgens de WHO, maar toch besmet pluimvee dat de ziekte heeft overgdragen.quote:Analysis of viruses
Full genetic sequencing of two viruses isolated from cases in this cluster has been completed by WHO H5 reference laboratories in Hong Kong and the USA. Sequencing of all eight gene segments found no evidence of genetic reassortment with human or pig influenza viruses and no evidence of significant mutations. The viruses showed no mutations associated with resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors, including oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
The human viruses from this cluster are genetically similar to viruses isolated from poultry in North Sumatra during a previous outbreak.
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intenser contact met pluimvee denk ik...quote:Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 16:06 schreef Steijn het volgende:
Weet iemand waarom de mens zoveel gevoeliger is voor ziekten onder gevogelte dan voor ziekten onder andere diersoorten?
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