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Henan authorities refuse to reveal cause of university flu outbreak
SHANGHAI, China (Interfax-China) -- Henan Department of Health has
refused to reveal the cause of a flu-like outbreak that has infected
400 students at a university in the province.
Students at Henan
University of Science and Technology, in Luoyang city, started to
become ill on March 26 which resulted in many needing hospital
treatment -- as many as 400, according to state media.
Henan Department of Health said laboratory tests showed the infection is not type A or type B influenza.
Interfax
asked vice director of the disease control and prevention division of
Henan Department of Health, Shan Xinguo, why so many students
contracted the disease at the same time, but he declined to give any
details.
He said, "What I can say is the infection is now under control, and we can't give any further information,"
Shan Xinguo said the students had contracted upper respiratory tract infections.
He
said, "It's normal for students to have upper respiratory tract
infections, especially in spring. And at colleges, students are
concentrated, so it's easy for many students to become infected with
the disease at the same period of time."
Another official from
Henan Department of Health, who declined to be named, said the
situation is now under control, and the fever was starting to pass.
"The
reason why so many students developed fever continuously still remains
unclear," she said, "We are still investigating the matter, but we are
sure the students are not victims of an epidemic influenza infection."
She
said the main symptoms of the sick students were fever and joint pains,
and that most recovered one or two days after medical treatment.
Shan
Xinguo said the ill students had been quarantined and treated, and that
some TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine preparations have been sent to
students to prevent the disease. Over 2000 dormitories as well as 130
classrooms are now being sanitized twice a day.
As of April 2, ten students were still in hospital for clinical observation.
Interfax-China
http://www.interfax.cn/
April 4, 2006

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	university flu outbreak. http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/business/news/20060404p2g00m0bu038000c.html Henan authorities refuse to reveal cause of university flu outbreak SHANGHAI, China (Interfax-China) -- Henan Department of Health has refused to reveal the cause of a flu-like outbreak that has infected 400 students at a university in the province. Students at Henan University of Science and Technology, in Luoyang city, started to become ill on March 26 which resulted in many needing hospital treatment -- as many as 400, according to state media. Henan Department of Health said laboratory tests showed the infection is not type A or type B influenza. Interfax asked vice director of the disease control and prevention division of Henan Department of Health, Shan Xinguo, why so many students contracted the disease at the same time, but he declined to give any details. He said, "What I can say is the infection is now under control, and we can't give any further information," Shan Xinguo said the students had contracted upper respiratory tract infections. He said, "It's normal for students to have upper respiratory tract infections, especially in spring. And at colleges, students are concentrated, so it's easy for many students to become infected with the disease at the same period of time." Another official from Henan Department of Health, who declined to be named, said the situation is now under control, and the fever was starting to pass. "The reason why so many students developed fever continuously still remains unclear," she said, "We are still investigating the matter, but we are sure the students are not victims of an epidemic influenza infection." She said the main symptoms of the sick students were fever and joint pains, and that most recovered one or two days after medical treatment. Shan Xinguo said the ill students had been quarantined and treated, and that some TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine preparations have been sent to students to prevent the disease. Over 2000 dormitories as well as 130 classrooms are now being sanitized twice a day. As of April 2, ten students were still in hospital for clinical observation. Interfax-China http://www.interfax.cn/ April 4, 2006