U.S. surprises new virus, looks like cold is deadly

U.Smedia reported on the 11th, the United States recently emerged a new type of virus, infected people with initial symptoms like the common cold, but in some people quickly developed pneumonia, serious even fatalIt is also highly contagious, with more than 1,000 people diagnosed in the United StatesScientists have confirmed that this is a variant of adenovirus and are looking for drugs or vaccines to fight itThe potential threat to humans from this new virus remains unknownEarlier this year, Oregon infectious disease expert David NGilbert found that some patients had unusual symptoms, the Washington Post reported.
After a day or two of coughing,after a high fever,these people suddenly deteriorated,had to be sent to the emergency room to oxygen,including young and old patients" They can't breathe , , , "If they don't take oxygen, they're going to die.. It's shocking that a good man suddenly collapses Gilbert immediately reported the situation to the state health department Unsurprisingly, the disease has also hit an air base in Texas since , February this year, and has infected 579 people so far In addition, a nursing home in Washington state experienced a similar outbreak, with four people infected and one dead The disease has hit military camps in San Diego
, Chicago and Georgia 2006, according to a recent U.S survey of military barracks across the country Scientists have identified the mysterious disease
as a new virus, a variant of adenovirus No 14, first identified in the Netherlands in 1955 An expert at the U.S Centers for Disease Control, Prevention and Prevention, , says the new virus has evolved and become more dangerous than the 1955 version There are 51 known types of adenoviruses, which can cause cold , conjunctivitis , bronchitis, etc., but these diseases are basically not fatal The new virus can cause severe symptoms and even kill people The 18-year-old Joseph Spencer was one of the cases that infectious disease scientist Gilbert had received Spencer is a swimmer on the school swimming team One day he suddenly had a fever and was chilling, accompanied by vomiting symptoms His mother took him to hospital first aid and the doctor decided to give him oxygen "We told his family at the time that we weren't sure if he would survive," Gilbert said "
Spencer in hospital for 18 days before finally recovering and returning home After being discharged from the hospital, he was still breathing difficult, very weak and had a slight memory disorder "At first I thought it was just a common cold It's the worst feeling I've ever had, it's so painful, I really think I'm going to die "
Spencer is not the worst case scenario Of the 30 confirmed cases in Oregon, seven have been lost The new virus leaves many questions: Why did it suddenly catch up? Why are the symptoms more common than the usual flu? What is the chance of severe illness after the human body is infected? Which groups are most vulnerable to it? Will it lead to a pandemic? "This virus can cause severe upper respiratory disease in people of all ages .. and this virus can cause serious upper respiratory diseases," said John Su, a researcher at the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention People should know that there is such a virus that can make you very sick "
solves U.S health departments stress that the virus poses no deadly threat to most people Despite its rapid spread, it does not necessarily cause serious disaster " Although the symptoms of the virus are more severe than the usual adenovirus, most infected people only develop cold symptoms, and only a few develop deadly symptoms," said Larry Anderson, director of the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "
, he says, may be these people's immune systems are weaker than normal, or it will take time for humans to adapt to the new virus Gregory Gray, director of the Center for New Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa, says the virus itself is unusually toxic, leaving aside the issue of human adaptability "Adenovirus researchers agree that this is a typical malignant virus." " It's going to be catastrophic, or it's going to die, we don't know," said Gilbert, an infectious disease scientist For now, U.S scientists are trying to find drugs or vaccines to fight the new virus (
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