Health News: Head Of Health, Warned That “Hidden” Influenza Virus
Global health officials warned against the “insidious” virus of swine influenza, but said the vaccine could be ready in June reported as Russia confirmed its first case of the disease.
“This is a subtle, latent virus, do not announce their presence or arrival of a new country with the sudden explosion of patients receiving medical care and hospitalization,” said Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
They warned that “especially in the Third World where the population more vulnerable, should be more than a few serious cases.”
The spread in poorer countries is a signal that WHO has in mind before it declares a pandemic, not only the geographical spread of influenza within the rules.
However, some good news on the background of the increase in cases worldwide, WHO said that the first vaccine against A (H1N1) virus may be until the end of next month.
“We are confident that by late June to early July, at the time, businesses can make a vaccine,” said WHO Director-General report Keiji Fukuda.
According to the latest figures, the total number of infected people worldwide in more than 11,100, including 86 deaths.
But Fukuda added daily to the growing number of cases throughout the world has always been irrelevant.
“These figures are a bit irrelevant,” the Deputy Director General review Keiji Fukuda told reporters. “They no longer reflect what is happening.
“Countries like the United States are moving away from the great investigation of the case,” he said.
Fukuda, however, added that the experts give the green light while reflecting on the production, as this would lead to a reduction or cessation of the manufacture of vaccines against seasonal influenza.
The study, published last Friday, according to the different A (H1N1) strains of swine influenza in the world to react with antibodies in the same way that the possibilities of a vaccine for all of them.
The study, published in Science, said the virus is circulating in silence, probably in the pig population for some time, and requires more careful monitoring of the hog.
Confirmed that the new agent of swine, and is a mix of previously announced that the flu virus in poultry, pigs and other gene segments of two genes of swine fever virus Eurasia are outside Asia.
Understanding the origins of the novel A (H1N1) virus may help scientists to prevent the pathogen from developing countries into a new – and perhaps more virulent – form, the researchers said.
“These findings are of great importance for our global public health,” said Nancy Cox, director of the influenza branch at the U. S. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-author of the study.
Moscow on Friday for the first time for the virus, and 11 Spanish soldiers were diagnosed with the disease.
A citizen of Russia in the flight of the United States have been diagnosed with A (H1N1) virus, the country’s public health chief said Gennady Onishchenko.
“He feels fine, and receive appropriate medical care,” Interfax quoted the words Onyshchenko. “He had no fever. His condition is stable.”
In Spain, 11 soldiers in the military school of pork with a diagnosis of flu, even if their symptoms are mild, while in Rome, two schools were closed after four students from the United States ill.
United States, said, invested billions of dollars in developing the main components of the swine flu vaccine and conduct clinical research on its effectiveness.
U. S. Health Minister Kathleen Sebelius said the money from existing funds and will be used for contracts with companies that produce antigens from the influenza vaccine – the component of the vaccine, which leads the body to develop antibodies – and fillers, strengthening the organs of the immune system.