Sunday, July 26, 2009

Government Must Waspadai Virus H5N1-H1N1 Association

Senin, 27 Juli 2009

Head of Laboratory of Influenza Airlangga University (Unair), DR Chaerul Anwar Nidom, the government and people of Indonesia for the cautious emergence of H5N1 virus combined with H1N1.

"India should (the government and the people) do not only focus on the spread of H1N1 virus are due to possible emergence of H5N1 virus coalition with the more dangerous H1N1 again," he said to reporters on the sidelines of the Symposium Pig Flu (H1N1) and Avian Flu (H5N1) , in Mataram, Saturday.

DR Nidom is one of the speakers in the symposium which was held Indonesian Doctor Association (IDI) in cooperation with NTB Askes PT (Persero) Branch Hospital Mataram and Mataram Medika Risa.

He said that, if any combination of the two dangerous viruses that it was difficult to find drugs penawarnya. Researchers at the Laboratory of Influenza Unair this combination of speed estimate influenza virus is located in the area range 1-100 times faster than the speed of transmission of H5N1 or H1N1 virus.

"The combination of the two influenza viruses can occur in the air, can also ulah as scientists or human that is a party that tries mempertemukannya in the laboratory," he said. According to the influenza experts, meeting the second virus is quite dangerous because it allows experts influenza may want certain things for the sake of research. Therefore, he suggested the government involving the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in each virus in research laboratories anywhere in the territory of Indonesia.

"If the virus is dangerous in the air to meet the desire of non-human, but that need to be monitored ie kesengajaan certain parties to bring together the two viruses in the laboratory and the impact on the people," he said.

Nidom also reveal how to avoid meeting the second virus that is harmful to the mapping efforts (surveillance) system regulation and animal husbandry. "By doing so, attempt to avoid the virus is more vicious from H5N1 and H1N1 that can be done," he said. (Ant)

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