The risks of bird flu
- By:groshan fabiola
In the last years a new problem seemed to be occurring. Media considered it a huge disaster and a threat for human kind. They realized that more than two-thirds of the globe was at risk of being infected with the bird flu virus called H5N1. It was also noticed that for people that got infected the chances of survival were 50-50%. The statistics come and prove this phenomenon agreeing with the fact that half of the affected people have died. That is why specialists required the development of vaccines and a stockpile of medicine.
The doctor called Robert Webster which developed the vaccine that is supposed to be used in case of an outbreak also agreed that if the virus will mutate and if it will be able to transmit among humans it will mean a global catastrophe.
For a while this problem disappeared from the headlines. Even so there is a chance for this problem to reoccur. At it surely did. In a short period after the media began to forget about this problem new cases have been registered. The registered poultry outbreaks were the cause of low levels of temperature and humidity.
New researches proved some new possibilities of virus spreading. These studies talked about a case of an Indonesian family that was affected by the bird flu causing virus called H5N1. It is known that the eight members of the family got infected because one member got the virus from an affected poultry and spread it to the others.
Another case that has to be mentioned is the case of a woman in Jakarta and his ten year old nephew. It is believed that the woman developed the bird flu virus after she used tainted fertilizer in her garden. It is also know that even if he developed the same problem as his aunt, the young boy had no contact with birds or the garden. Taking the disease from its aunt is the medical opinion.
Doctors also believe that the virus mutates. They can tell that by noticing the symptoms and comparing them to the symptoms registered at the first case in 1997. No we are seeing less diarrhea symptoms and in countries such as Indonesia the mortality rate is much higher. Other symptoms such as fever, aches and coughing and shortness of breath are seen as the health problem progresses.
Until know it is good that H5N1 did not obtained to ability to easily affect humans or to easily spread among them. Even so it is recommended a close monitoring of this problem because if it gets out of control the risk for a global pandemic is high.About the author:
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