Thursday, November 10, 2011

Bird Flu - Prevention and Treatments

Bird flu has proved a terror to Asian countries, the epidemic is growing rapidly, which is a concern for the U.S. government. The recent breakdown of the potential to become a human flu pandemic has become.

According to the latest updates on avian flu has slain 50 people in Southeast Asia, killing millions of poultry. The virus can be a serious threat if it develops the ability to easily transmit from human to human.

The symptoms of bird flu

The symptoms of bird flu are just like any other flu. The symptoms worsen with a severe respiratory illness that is fatal in a high percentage of cases.

In February 2005, researchers have reported human cases of bird flu in Vietnam, where the virus infects the brains and the digestive tract of the two. The two eventually die a few days of fighting. Therefore, this shows that the avian influenza can start like any other flu, but more often fatal.

Fortunately, no human cases of bird flu in the United States or North America. However, as a precaution, the CDC is asking people who traveled to Asia to seek medical advice if they develop flu symptoms. It is important that the physician
his visit to these areas in the tests of common sense can be made. Better safe than sorry.

The treatment of bird flu

The strain of bird flu is resistant to more drugs against influenza. However, the drug remains sensitive to the new flu drugs Tami flu and Relenza. However, sources of understatement. Unfortunately there is no possibility of Tami flu - and the United States is not the only country trying desperately to create a reserve. Other countries such as Britain, have also begun to stock the drug.

Antiviral drugs, some of which can be used both to treat and prevention, are clinically effective against influenza. However, these drugs also have some limitations.

Vaccine against avian flu

At least four months would be needed a new vaccine must be produced in large quantities to make to protect against the virus subtype. This vaccine will not be easy to produce, because the virus kills chicken eggs usually used to produce vaccines against influenza masses. An approach to the study of the vaccine to produce a similar (but not kill the eggs) strain isolated from ducks in Singapore in 1997. Bird flu.

1 comments:

Khusnul Khotimah (Chuzn) said...

good...

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