China found one case of imported Zika virus infections have been better

China found one case of imported Zika virus infections have been better

9th National Health and Family Planning Commission informed of confirmed case of imported Zika virus infections.
This patient, male, 34 years old, Jiangxi Ganzhou City of Jiangxi County, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, a company staff, travel history before the onset of Venezuela. Patients on January 28 appeared in Venezuela fever and dizziness, headache, at a local hospital for outpatient treatment, after the February 2 from Venezuela, via China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, Jiangxi Province arrived on the 5th Ganzhou City of Jiangxi County, the 6th income Gan County people's hospital of infectious diseases treated in isolation. 9, Expert Group organized according to the State Planning Commission David patients with a history of epidemiology, clinical manifestations and China Disease Prevention and Control Center to review the test results on samples of patients diagnosed the case is China's first imported Zika virus infections.

Currently, the patient is still in Gan County People's Hospital for isolation and treatment, normal body temperature, rash subsided, his condition has improved markedly.

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Jiangxi Provincial Health Department of Health were organized experts to spread the risk of imported cases brought evaluated. Experts believe Zika mosquito-borne viral disease is transmitted diseases, mainly through the bite of infected mosquito; Aedes mosquitoes mainly in Jiangxi region does not belong, at a time when Dongmochunchu, mosquito-borne activities have not yet found, Guangdong Province, the more recent temperature low, not yet entered the Aedes active period. Therefore, the risk of transmission and imported cases caused further proliferation is extremely low.

Currently, the National Health and Family Planning Commission is directing Jiangxi, Guangdong and other provinces of Health and Family Planning Commission in accordance with the relevant requirements of prevention and treatment programs, and implement prevention and control measures to prevent spread of the epidemic spreading.

The case has been timely informed about the case to the World Health Organization, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the like.

Experts suggest that to the public such as the recent Zika virus outbreak states and regions, do pay attention to personal protection, once the fever, rash, muscle and joint pain and other symptoms, should go to medical institutions for treatment, and the initiative to inform healthcare related travel history.

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Treatment program noted that the Aedes mosquito with the virus Zika virus is the main route of transmission. Media mainly Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Africa, and yellow head Aedes albopictus may also spread the virus. Also through mother to child transmission, including intrauterine infection and infection during childbirth.

According to the monitoring of Aedes species have spread and Zika virus related mainly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti which is mainly distributed in Hainan Province, Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province and Yunnan Xishuangbanna, Dehong , Lincang City, and other areas; Aedes albopictus is widely distributed in the south of Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and the wider region.

Zika virus incubation period of the disease is not clear, available information is 3-12 days. Human infection Zika virus, only 20% had symptoms, and mild symptoms, mainly fever, rash, and accompanied by a non-purulent conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise and headache, a few patients may suffer from abdominal pain , nausea, diarrhea, ulcers, skin itching. Symptoms persist for 2-7 days remission, the prognosis is good, and death in severe cases rare.

Infections can also occur in children nervous system, eye and hearing other changes. Zika virus infection in pregnant women may result in fetal or neonatal microcephaly death.

Planning national health requirements, local health administrative departments of family planning in particular to have happened with the outbreak of the port district health personnel exchanges planning departments should attach great importance to Zika virus epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment preparations, strengthen port health quarantine, transport and interactive communication sector, and effectively implement the prevention and control measures to ensure the safety of the people. Key provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and Yunnan to strengthen its environmental health improvement, timely and effective implementation of anti-mosquito work, to reduce the risk of the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.