الأربعاء، 13 مارس 2013

#Libya Health Officials Confirm Cases of H1 N1 Virus

A number of flu cases reported recently in Libya are found to be of the type H1 N1 virus that leads to death when not treated properly, the Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Mohamed Aboughalia told journalists in Tripoli Tuesday morning.

Infected cases so far have reached 29 cases. Five deaths have been reported including one in Tripoli, one in Zawia and three in Darna in eastern Libya.

Infected cases are distributed on Libyan cities to be six in Darna, two in Benghazi, three in Baiyda, one in Marj, three in Misurata, two in Khums, 10 in Tripoli and two in Zawia.

Three cases in Tripoli have been diagnosed as being infected with the H1 N1 virus while the remaining cases are being tested.

Aboughalia also said that the health authorities were prepared to respond to the situation and the cases have been isolated to protect the rest of the population from getting in contact with the virus.

He said Tamiflu medicine and spray ampoules have been distributed to all NCDC branches in the country.

According to Wikipedia, Influenza A (H1N1) virus is the subtype of influenza A virus that was the most common cause of human influenza (flu) in 2009. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a small percentage of all human flu infections in 2004-2005. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

In June 2009, the World Health Organisation declared the new strain of swine-origin H1N1 as a pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media. This novel virus spread worldwide and had caused about 17,000 deaths by the start of 2010.

On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organisation had declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity had returned to typical seasonal patterns.
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