Bird flu: The lethal threat

These days all one in India seems to feel the "bird flu" is. The disease, which took a large part of India under control, has affected not only the sharpness of the poultry sector of the nation, but also sent Panic playing in the states - from Delhi to the north of Tamil Nadu in the south, in West Bengal East , the latter most affected. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the current outbreak of bird flu in India, as reported in the worst caseto this day.



In areas affected chickens are slaughtered at a rapid pace, but still the disease is spreading its wings from one neighborhood to another, from one state to another. One of the main reasons for the rapid spread of avian influenza is the lack of awareness about the virus that causes the disease. Almost everyone knows that the disease is fatal, but not many people know what causes, how it spreads and how it can be prevented.



Considering the magnitude and distributionaccount of the avian influenza virus, its toll in India, India has decided to give notice, his readers an overview of the disease that affects the first time in 1997 in Hong Kong and 18 other people, claiming six lives.



What is avian influenza?



Bird flu, also known as bird flu is an influenza virus that infects birds. It may seem surprising, but the fact is that birds, like humans, are susceptible to influenza. Influenza viruses can be divided into three types(Tribe) - Influenza A, B and C. Type A is responsible for the deadly influenza pandemics. Type B can lead to smaller, local epidemics. Type C, less frequent and more stable than other strains, has milder symptoms. B and C are usually found only in humans, whereas type A infects humans and animals, including birds, pigs, horses, whales and seals.



Avian influenza is caused by the H5N1 virus and is a kind of influenza 'A'. It usually affectsChicken and other poultry birds like ducks. Previously, the infection was unknown in human avian influenza. But the virus from birds to humans in 1997, which killed six people in Hong Kong by the disease. According to the World Health Organization on February 1, 2008, provided about 225 people around the world, has succumbed to the disease in the last five years.



It should be noted that despite the highly contagious bird flu virus, it is rareDamage to the user. Things will be infected with an avian influenza virus, the animal is not "influence" is. Typically influenza viruses from one species and, in turn spreads adapted to other species. This happens more with the domestication of chickens and turkeys, as the bird flu virus mutates rapidly acquired by a species, and infects other species. This rapid expansion can be stopped only by killing all domestic birds in the area.



The H5N1Virus:



The H5N1 strain of the virus that causes bird flu. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 is an emerging avian influenza virus has caused, has threatened the global concern as a possible pandemic. It 'simply referred to as "bird flu" or "bird flu".



Over the years, the H5N1 influenza virus into a strain that has infected birds developed more than any influenza strain in advance by the virus. This strain is more deadly than anypreviously known flu virus strain, and continues to evolve to be more common and more deadly.



H5N1 has killed millions of birds in Asia, Europe and Africa. Although the human transmission of the virus is rare, the recent cases of human infections, health officials worried. Health experts fear that the coexistence of human influenza viruses and avian influenza virus (H5N1 in particular) will be an opportunity for genetic material is exchanged betweenvirus species-specific, maybe a new virulent influenza strain that is easily transmissible and lethal to humans.



With bird flu engulfs almost the entire nation, where 26 people have been kept in solitary confinement with suspicious symptoms, the disease is referred to a potential threat to the country. The virus will spread like wildfire, and to prevent the disease affects people, it is important to have a full understanding of how bird flu affectedPeople who have symptoms of the disease, its treatment and prevention.



Read our second special report in this series to learn more about bird flu to protect yourself and your family from it.



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