Infectious bird flu like?

The World Health Organization and the World Animal Health Organization have recently developed a global strategy to prevent H5N1 avian influenza from developing into a pandemic, which lists some notable information about the transmission of bird flu. virus.

6-year-old Mutiara Gayatri with bird flu recovered after a period of treatment in Jakarta hospital

- The virus spreads disease through secretions from the nose, mouth and stool.

- Humans can be infected by long-term exposure, close to sick poultry, and often in a confined space, or when the virus attaches to surfaces contaminated with excreta and poultry feces.

- In Asia, patients mostly come into direct contact with the virus through slaughtering, feathering, and cooking sick poultry.

- In some strains of bird flu from animals to humans, H5N1 is the highest form of disease and death. After viral infection, the debilitating victim rapidly and the mortality rate is high due to pneumonia and multiple organ failure.

- The current bird flu virus is relatively difficult to spread from poultry to humans. In Asia, at least 123 people have been infected and more than 60 have died, but this is also where people regularly interact with animals regularly.

- H5N1 virus kills poultry (can kill chickens in just a few hours) but less toxic to ducks and wild geese. Therefore, wild waterfowl are reservoirs of viruses that do not show symptoms and can still fly away.

- Although the virus may exist in tissue, there is no evidence that poultry or cooked eggs are the source of transmission. It is possible to inactivate strong virulence viruses of H5 and H7 strains by heat (60 degrees C for 30 minutes) and acid pH.

- All poultry species are likely to be infected with avian influenza virus, in addition to some other animals such as pigs, but less common.

- Migratory birds are the culprits that spread viruses from Asia and Siberia to Romania and Turkey. However, in Asia, live poultry trade still plays a key role.

- In 2003, a mild form of bird flu virus attacked the Netherlands. Although it is a normal strain that is not dangerous to humans, a veterinarian who has been in prolonged contact with sick poultry has died.

- Subtypes H5 and H7 of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus are low or high, however the detection of the H5 strain does not mean that it is H5N1.

ML ( according to Reuters )