Dödsvirus! alla som inte har minst fem yxor och ett års förråd av helvete kommer nog att falla av pinn!
ahem! nej men... skulle väl bara uppmärksamma, ser ni nån mexikanare på flygplatsen ska ni väl inte hoppa fram och pussa den
WHO
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html
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Influenza-Like Illness in the United States and Mexico
24 April 2009 -- The United States Government has reported seven confirmed human cases of Swine Influenza A/H1N1 in the USA (five in California and two in Texas) and nine suspect cases. All seven confirmed cases had mild Influenza-Like Illness (ILI), with only one requiring brief hospitalization. No deaths have been reported.
The Government of Mexico has reported three separate events. In the Federal District of Mexico, surveillance began picking up cases of ILI starting 18 March. The number of cases has risen steadily through April and as of 23 April there are now more than 854 cases of pneumonia from the capital. Of those, 59 have died. In San Luis Potosi, in central Mexico, 24 cases of ILI, with three deaths, have been reported. And from Mexicali, near the border with the United States, four cases of ILI, with no deaths, have been reported.
Of the Mexican cases, 18 have been laboratory confirmed in Canada as Swine Influenza A/H1N1, while 12 of those are genetically identical to the Swine Influenza A/H1N1 viruses from California.
The majority of these cases have occurred in otherwise healthy young adults. Influenza normally affects the very young and the very old, but these age groups have not been heavily affected in Mexico.
Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern.
The Swine Influenza A/H1N1 viruses characterized in this outbreak have not been previously detected in pigs or humans. The viruses so far characterized have been sensitive to oseltamivir, but resistant to both amantadine and rimantadine.
The World Health Organization has been in constant contact with the health authorities in the United States, Mexico and Canada in order to better understand the risk which these ILI events pose. WHO (and PAHO) is sending missions of experts to Mexico to work with health authorities there. It is helping its Member States to increase field epidemiology activities, laboratory diagnosis and clinical management. Moreover, WHO's partners in the Global Alert and Response Network have been alerted and are ready to assist as requested by the Member States.
WHO acknowledges the United States and Mexico for their proactive reporting and their collaboration with WHO and will continue to work with Member States to further characterize the outbreak.
aftonbladet:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article4990335.abCitera:
60 offer för ny dödsinfluensa
60 personer har avlidit av en ny sorts influensavirus i Mexiko.
Skolor, museum, bibliotek och teatrar har stängts i Mexiko City för att motverka en snabb spridning av viruset.
Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) varnar för en global epedemi.
Det amerikanska Center for Disease Control and Prevention, motsvarande det svenska smittskyddsinstitutet, har tagit prover på de avlidna. Testerna visar att de fallit offer för en ny form av influensa.
Utöver de upp till sextio personer som fallit offer för sjukdomen i Mexiko har åtta personer i USA insjuknat.
Totalt i Mexiko har åtminstone 943 insjuknat, meddelar det amerikanska Hälsodepartementet.
Viruset kombinerar genetiskt material från grisar, fåglar och människor på ett sätt som forskarna aldrig tidigare sett, rapporterar nyhetsbyrån AP.
”Vi är mycket oroade”
– Vi är mycket oroade. Vi har stött på något som verkar vara ett nytt sorts virus med förmågan att sprida sig från människa till människa, säger det amerikanska Hälsodepartementets talesperson, Thomas Abraham enligt AP.
Mexikos president Felipe Calderon har ställt in en resa för att omedelbart koordinera insatserna.
Myndigheterna avråder människor från att uppsöka sjukhus om man inte är i behov av akut vård eftersom sjukhusen innebär infektionsrisk.
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