The two major news networks reported tonight that the DOH has declared a low level community level outbreak in Metro Manila.
Click here for the ABS CBN News report
Click here for the GMA News Report
In an earlier report, the DOH warned the public regarding the possibility of a more devastating "second wave" or what is more commonly known as a mutation. The DOH spokesperson specifically mentioned the 1918 outbreak as well.
Click here for the report on ABS CBN
Showing posts with label mutation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mutation. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
New H1N1 Strain in Brazil
A report on ABS CBN states that a new AH1N1 strain has been reported in Brazil. The new strain called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, has a mutation characterized by alterations in the Hemagglutinin protein.
Scientists the world over are concerned about mutation because it was this a mutation which causes the 1918 Spanish Flu to kill millions all over the world.
Read more about it on the ABS website
Scientists the world over are concerned about mutation because it was this a mutation which causes the 1918 Spanish Flu to kill millions all over the world.
Read more about it on the ABS website
Monday, June 15, 2009
Missing link a cause for alarm?
PHOTO SHOWS THE INFLUENZA A H1N1 VIRUSThere appears to be a problem brewing in the outbreak of H1N1 in the Philippines.
The outbreak in a remote rural town in Nueva Ecija has Health authorities at a loss as to how the disease was transmitted there. After extensive investigation, a missing link is yet to be found. IN connection with this, the DOH has declared a community level transmission in this town. There is a furher move to declare a state of calamity but as of this posting, it has not been declared.
To add to their worries, another outbreak has occurred in Bulacan. It will be remembered that it was in Bulacan where the deadly Ebola Reston virus infected numerous pigs in the area.
Of course the Health Department has continualy maintained that H1N1 is relatively mild. However they forget to mention that the true danger lies in mutation, the probability of which increases as the number of infections increases.
Here are a few links that may be of interest to readers:
GMA News article about the fears of an enlightened virologist that H1N1 might mutate to a deadlier form, a danger more pronounced in the Philippines
GMA News report about the H1N1 outbreak in Bulacan
ABS CBN report on the Nueva Ecija outbreak
WHO report on Feb 2009 Ebola Reston outbreak in the Philippines
WIKI News article about experts probing the deadly outbreak of Ebola Reston in the Philippines
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