Showing posts with label diagnostic methods. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

What is a influenza virus? What are the routes of transmission, diagnostic methods, and preventive measures for influenza viruses?

What is a influenza  virus? What are the routes of transmission, diagnostic methods, and preventive measures for influenza viruses?
What is a influenza  virus? What are the routes of transmission, diagnostic methods, and preventive measures for influenza viruses?
Introduction to influenza virus
Influenza virus is a representative species of Orthomyxoviridae, abbreviated as influenza virus, including human influenza virus and animal influenza virus. Human influenza virus is divided into three types: A, B, and C. It is influenza. The pathogen of (flu). Among them, the antigenicity of influenza A virus is prone to mutation, causing a worldwide pandemic many times. For example, in the 1918-1919 pandemic, at least 20 million to 40 million people worldwide died of influenza; influenza B virus is also more pathogenic to humans, but people have not found that influenza B virus has caused worldwide A pandemic; influenza C virus causes only insignificant or mild upper respiratory tract infections in humans and rarely causes epidemics. Influenza A virus was successfully isolated in 1933, influenza B virus was acquired in 1940, and influenza C virus was not successfully separated until 1949.

Influenza classification

According to the target of influenza virus infection, the virus can be divided into human influenza virus, swine influenza virus, equine influenza virus and avian influenza virus. The human influenza virus can be divided into three categories according to the antigenicity of its nuclear protein:
Influenza A virus, also known as influenza A virus
Influenza B virus, also known as influenza B virus
Influenza C virus, also known as influenza C virus
Influenza viruses that infect other animals such as birds and pigs have the same antigenicity as the human influenza A virus, but since the classification of influenza A, B and C viruses is only for human influenza viruses, it is usually not An influenza virus other than a human host such as avian influenza virus is referred to as an influenza A virus.
Based on the antigenicity of nuclear proteins, influenza viruses are also classified into different subtypes based on the antigenicity of hemagglutinin HA and neuraminidase NA.

Friday, October 5, 2018

What items do you need to check for epidemic encephalitis? What are the diagnostic methods for epidemic encephalitis?

What items do you need to check for Japanese encephalitis? What are the diagnostic methods for epidemic encephalitis?
What items do you need to check for epidemic encephalitis? What are the diagnostic methods for epidemic encephalitis?
Epidemic encephalitis check

1. Blood picture
The total number of white blood cells is increased, and neutrophils are above 80%. In a few light patients in the late epidemic, the blood picture can be within the normal range.

2. Cerebrospinal fluid
It is colorless and transparent, the pressure is only slightly increased, and the white blood cell count is increased. Neutrophils are predominant in the first 2 to 3 days of the disease, and mononuclear cells increase in the future. The sugar is normal or high, the protein is often slightly elevated, and the chloride is normal. Cerebrospinal fluid examination can be negative in a few cases within 1 to 3 days of the disease.