Avian influenza is still a threat to humanity
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza is a disease that effects on birds, especially poultry, at various levels. The bird flu virus is produced by subtypes of influenza A and shed the virus in wild birds to poultry. The H5N1 virus is its A-pathogenic virus that most of all influenza subtypes.
Chickens, ducks and turkeys infected when they come into contact with discharges from infected birds infectedWater and vehicles infected. The eggs may also contaminate the incubator when infected laying hens.
Birds that survive infection can transmit the virus for a further period of 10 days from secretions, discharges and sources.
The virus can easily spread in the environment, if a contaminated bird is left free to roam when they drink water from the site, other birds drink, so as to contaminate the water. Cars can also spread the virus from one place to another if theyare not properly disinfected. Shoes, cages and clothing are also a way of spreading the virus.
People can become infected if they buy in close contact with sick birds. The people, the transport of poultry, feed them and clean the bodies of live birds, exposed to the virus, when the birds are infected. Eating cooked chicken meat is not dangerous to eat because the virus is inactivated by heat.
To date, transmission between humans has not been found.
Governments fear that Virus could mutate and acquire the ability to transfer from one person to another. This could lead to a global pandemic and millions of people could die. Also, if the problem is not quickly affected the poultry industry and the economy is fixed drop.
In chicken, avian influenza has these symptoms: diarrhea, muscle weakness, shortness of breath, sudden death, swelling of the face, and a drop in egg production.
When the people of> The symptoms of bird flu are: fever, muscle aches, sore throat, then cough, breathing problems and multi-organ failure in the last phase of the disease.
Since there are many diseases that occur just as much be in the diagnosis of avian influenza with influenza, physicians should be very careful. If the patient had been in close contact with a sick bird, bird cages and door handles, laboratory tests conducted to see exactly where a bird flu infection.
Usfound no viruses, a vaccine effective against avian influenza. The only thing people can do that a virus is a signal for a human influenza virus to prevent recombination between avian influenza and human influenza virus still a threat to those who could.
In order to prevent the people of avian influenza should avoid close contact with birds or their derivatives does not have to buy live birds illegal because it controls veterinarians haveReport all suspicious death of a bird to the authorities, and must be properly disinfected after handling bird products.
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