Mysterious lung disease in China, alerted the WHO to 59 patients
The Sars Virus caused one of the most dangerous waves of Infection of the recent times. Now there is again a cluster of mysterious disease cases in China. Is, again, caught a Virus from animals to humans?
After more and more cases of a mysterious lung disease in the Central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan has turned the world health organization (WHO). "The WHO is monitoring the Situation closely and is in close contact with the national authorities in China", it was said on Monday by the UN authority in Geneva. The number of detected infections has increased, according to the Chinese authorities, in the meantime, on 59. Seven of the patients were in a critical condition.
How dangerous the disease is, it was initially unclear: "There is limited information, the total of unknown cause einzuschätzen" disease risk of this accumulation of lung;, it was called by the WHO, so far for travelers "no special Vorkehrungen" recommends. A good 120 people are currently under observation. Hong Kong has taken the first precautionary measures: At the airport with fever-measuring equipment has been installed. Travellers from Wuhan can be separately controlled. In the Chinese special administrative region of 16 suspected cases have been reported to date.
"No clear Beweise" for Transmission of animal-to-human
In Singapore, there is, according to press reports a first case of suspicion. A three-year-old girl, had visited Wuhan, was in a stable condition in hospital, sources said. The beginning of the mysterious lung disease took on a fish market in the 19-million-metropolis, on the other animals are sold. You can apply as a possible virus source. The Huanan market has now been closed and is to be thoroughly cleaned. The infected girl in Singapore was not to report to the press, however, is on the market.
The health Commission of Wuhan reported, according to previous analyses, there is "no clear Beweise" for a Transmission from person to person. No medical staff be infected. In the case of the viral disease, it was not a question of flu, Mers, bird flu or Sars, it was more. The investigations, whether it is a new Virus, lasted first. The cases are currently treated as viral pneumonia of unknown cause.
Memories of Sars are awake
The news from Wuhan attracted the memory of the Sars pandemic, which began in 2002 in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and at the beginning of a cover-up. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) was one of the most dangerous waves of Infection of the recent times. The outbreak in 2003 was completed in the summer, and were also recorded after new infections. Overall, the WHO registered around 8000 Sars cases, more than 800 people died.
Fortunately, the Virus was so easily transmitted like Influenza, experts said later. Whether bats or civets, the original reservoir was host of the Virus, was, until today, not sure clarify. The Skip of diseases from the animal Kingdom to humans in General, not unusual. Other examples of such so-called zoonoses, Influenza, HIV, Ebola, Mers, and rabies.
In case of a spontaneous host of the pathogen and change the risk of a devastating epidemic is often greater than in the case of long-circulating, because the person has no antibodies against the new virus. This is the typical scenario that is feared, for example also in the case of a flu pandemic with the bird flu virus.
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