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BREAKING UPDATE August 11, 2015 / 591 cases / 300 deaths from H7N9 . MERS CoV 1352 Cases, 479 deaths
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[quote:pray_Italy 13788426:MV8yMTg4NDQwXzM4MzExMjY3XzJCMTRENDA1] [b]Possible pandemic: the MERS could be the new SARS?[/b] The virologist Nathan Wolfe provides a sketch of the new deadly virus that has recently also hit Italy, stressing the importance of a global commitment Until a few days ago could still seem a remote threat, the MERS CoV, the new infection similar to SARS, it is now also landed in Italy. The first case was identified in Tuscany, where a foreigner than 45 years, returning from a trip to Jordan, was admitted to hospital with high fever, cough and respiratory failure. His current condition is good, but it remains in isolation. Currently, the number of confirmed cases in Italy Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (CoV This is the meaning of MERS), rose to three: are infected with the virus two other people, including a child, who had been in close contact with the first patient. However, according to the Ministry of Health, although their conditions are good, as they remain under control. The Minister of Health stated that Beatrice Lorenzin you are monitoring all the people who have had contact with the sick. The doctors, on the other hand, ensure that this virus is transmitted from person to person through close contact and prolonged exclusively. Meanwhile, on the face of the latest news, Monday, June 3 have been identified a dozen new cases MERS of Careggi hospital in Florence. These people tested positive to the virus have not been quarantined, as stated by Alessandro Bartoloni the clinic of infectious diseases of the Florentine hospital, because it does not show any signs. Their blood samples have been sent, however, Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome for further investigation. Before that in Italy, the virus had landed in France, causing death by multiorgan failure of a 65 year old man returning from a holiday in Dubai. It was the first patient to be French died of MERS CoV. According to data published last Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), [b]in September 2012 are now infected 49 people, 27 of them have died.[/b] At the last World Health Assembly, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland, the Director General Margaret Chan called the virus "[b]a threat to the whole world[/b]." "The problem is not the management of individual countries," he says. "We do not know where the virus hides in nature. We do not know how people are infected. As long as we do not have the answer to these questions we can not give any indication on prevention. This alarm bells. And we have a duty to to react. " One of the features of CoV MERS that worries WHO officials is the speed with which it is spreading globally. The majority of confirmed cases originated in Saudi Arabia, but they have been reported in Italy, France, Germany, Qatar, Jordan and Britain. The contemporary life makes us more vulnerable to pandemics? We asked the virologist Nathan Wolfe (pictured above right), author of The Viral Storm and National Geographic emerging explorer, to understand what we know and what, however, we ignore this new deadly virus. Wolfe, founder and executive chairman of Global Viral and professor at Stanford University, is working to create an early warning system to predict and contain new viruses before they become global pandemics. This new virus was identified as a new coronavirus. How does it work? The new virus, called Middle East recently Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, or MERS CoV, is part of the coronavirus family, these viruses can cause symptoms ranging from common cold to serious respiratory ailments. We have not yet figured out how the virus spreads, but the transmission from human to human has already been observed in various groups, especially in case of close contact between people, such as usually occurs between patients and caregivers. SARS - also caused by a coronavirus - spread by inhalation, through droplets produced by coughing or sneezing of infected people. What distinguishes this virus from that of SARS? Both viruses belong to the same family, coronaviruses, but are genetically different enough to imply that they are developed independently of each other. Why this new coronavirus spreads so quickly? What information we have about it, and what, however, still do not know? We know that the virus that MERS was detected for the first time in the Middle East in September 2012. Last week, the World Health Organization reported a total of 49 infections and 27 deaths in eight countries, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and France. The MERS produces severe respiratory symptoms, including fever and cough, as well as gastrointestinal symptoms, pulmonary and renal crisis. But there is still much to discover about the virus MERS. We do not know how it originated and, even if the transmission from human to human is established, we do not have a precise idea of ​​the transmission mechanism. We do not know yet to determine the percentage of people who die than those infected (ie the rate of mortality). Though 50 percent of detected cases ended with a death, it may be that they were only identified individuals with the most severe symptoms. Those who have milder symptoms may not have gone to the hospital and is less likely to be identified: if it were so, the current mortality rate of 50 percent could be an overestimation. She spends a lot of time searching for new virus around the world. As you realize you have in front of a new one? Regularly collect blood samples from people and animals throughout the world. Advances in techniques for analyzing microbes have increased our ability to find new viruses. For example, we recently identified a new rhabdovirus from three cases of acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa. We understand that the virus was new for two reasons: first, because he had unique genetic characteristics, other than those of all other human viruses previously identified, and second, because the symptoms that caused had been observed previously only for virus infections other viral families, such as Ebola, Marburg and yellow fever. She has founded two associations, and one of their goals is to stop pandemics. How can we avoid that MERS becomes pandemic? We have created two associations - Global Viral and Metabiota - working together to address the various aspects of pandemics and biological threats. Global Viral focuses on basic research, and scientific appearance, while Metabiota assists governments and other organizations to contain the risks associated with pandemics and other biological threats. Our mission is to be able to detect viruses before they become pandemics. And that is why we work together with governments, NGOs and other associations in order to arrange surveillance systems, laboratory and data analysis to monitor the virus in the early stages of diffusion. We must be concerned for our pets? As there is to be feared in particular that pets are infected, it is possible that the virus attacks MERS them. For example, the SARS coronavirus, which originated in bats, was observed both in dogs and cats. What is the most important thing he has learned by collecting blood samples? In the last ten years we have collected more than 200,000 blood samples from animals and humans. Probably the most important lesson we have learned is that there is much more out there than we know! The frequency of pandemics s ta increasing? Several factors, including the large increase in mobility of humans and animals, have undoubtedly increased the frequency of pandemics. When we move to the world - and we do the same with our pets - or increasing the complexity of our food supply cycle, we encourage the spread of viruses. This virus was originated in an animal? Because most viruses emerge from animals rather than man? The virus MERS is definitely passed from one animal to the human being. The most likely hypothesis is that it was a bat. Pets are an incredible reservoir of virus, now known or yet to be discovered: each species has its own repertoire of microbes. This set of microorganisms, also, is not static: it is subject to constant mutations and a continuous mixing genes, and these mechanisms have the power to create a great team of potential pathogens that can infect us. Although some existing viruses will continue to spread in humans due to mutations, it is estimated that 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases originate from animals. What measures are taking WHO officials? What will they do if the virus will continue to spread? We are experiencing a great time. If the risks of pandemics have increased dramatically in parallel has also increased the overall level of scientific knowledge and public health. Among the positive trends that we were able to observe during the recent outbreaks of H7N9 and MERS, there is a high level of international collaboration and transparency. If viruses do not respect borders between countries, our efforts to combat it must be truly global. What can we do to protect ourselves? Protect humanity on a global level requires long-term commitments to monitor closely the hot spots - such as, for example, places where animals and humans are closely - and resources to equip field teams, laboratories and scientists the tools they need to monitor these situations and react accordingly. Programs such as the Emerging Pandemic Threats Program of the Agency for International Development, the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center of the Ministry of Defense, and a growing number of foundations - such as the Skoll Global Threats Fund and the Wellcome Trust - working all over the world with associations like ours to contribute to the development and strengthening of this type of initiative. These programs have already achieved several successes, but we need long-term efforts, and we are only at the beginning of the work. Tanslation of THIS article: http://www.nationalgeographic.it/scienza/2013/06/04/news/possibile_pandemia_la_mers_la_nuova_sars_-1684973/ [/quote]
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Unverified reports on Chinese microblogs Tuesday say there's a fourth case of H7N9 in the eastern city of Nanjing. Authorities say either they did not know about it or are declining to comment.
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