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Discovered ancestor pig flu

Doctors managed to find a person with whom started porcine epidemic influenza. They had a five-year resident of Mexico. According to doctors, his health is never exposed.

Edgar Hernandez, who lives in the village of La Gloria (State of Veracruz, Mexico) was the so-called «zero patient», newspaper reports. This term refers to people from starting the epidemic, while they themselves are often only hawkers infection and did not suffer from the disease. “This is the first person who became ill Porcine influenza. Nowhere in the world did not reveal similar cases, “- said Minister of Health of Mexico, Jose Angel Cordova.

La Gloria live 3 thousand people, many of which are engaged in pork production. In total, in the village without complying with basic health standards contained about a million pigs. It was here on 2 April was the first recorded case of mass illness unknown type of infection, but the results of those tests became known only today, April 29. Doctors have identified pig influenza only for Edgar, and other people suffering from normal flu. This case is not remembered until the disease is not spread around the world.

Now the health of Edgar nothing threatening. His mother believes that the source of infection is a big pig farm, however, the test is not confirmed the infection of pigs.

human cases Porcine influenza has long been known. The disease can come only after direct contact with pigs. However, now the strain of virus can be transmitted from person to person. Doctors warn that the pig flu virus can be a few years of life to carry 7 million people.

In Mexico, from the virus killed 150 people, nearly 2 000 people hospitalized. More than 105 cases recorded in another seven countries, including the nearest neighbor Mexico – United States. At the same time as transfers Associated Press, World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized 90 cases of Porcine influenza that occurred in Canada, Spain, Britain, France, Austria, Poland, Mexico and the United States.

In the meantime, governments around the world are doing everything possible to prevent a dangerous infection in its territory. For example, the Governor of California Arnold Shvartsneger declared a state of emergency. In Egypt, authorities have decided to hammer the pigs throughout the country: the rough data destruction will be subjected to 300 thousand animals.