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Saturday, March 30, 2013

NCoV: the new virus worries WHO


en years after the SARS threat of a new epidemic which has already claimed 11 victims in the Middle East: the virus NCoV would be able to pass from animals to humans and from human to human. The pathogen attacks multiple organs and quickly kills the cells. At the moment is not very contagious, but if they are afraid of the possible mutation. Prepared the first counter.
MARCH 29, 2013 by STEPHANIE AMATO in NEWS with 0 COMMENTS
Ten years have passed since the Sars has thrown into panic health authorities around the world and now faces the possibility of an epidemic even more dangerous than that generated by the atypical pneumonia.
This would be a coronavirus can easily infect different species, his name is NCoV and has already resulted in eleven deaths in the Middle East. The news was reported by the South China Morning Post, citing as source data from the University of Hong Kong.
The concern stems from the more aggressive of NCoV able to attack various organs and quickly destroy infected cells: the mortality caused by the virus is in fact very high and equal to56% of cases and SARS killed only 11% of those infected.
Researchers in Hong Kong revealed that the virus was first observed in bats, but do not know which is the country from which you started this threat. Has already resulted in casualties in the Arabian Peninsula and acts by attacking the liver, kidneys, intestines and the lower respiratory tract.
The pathogen is able to pass from animals to humans and can transmit the infection from man to man as evidenced by the fact that there have been two cases in one family.
Just the fact that involving the lower respiratory tract, and not the high, makes this little infectious virus, but scientists fear that NCoV may have a mutation and become capable of attacking the upper airway becoming in this way is extremely dangerous.
At present, the WHO estimates that there are already 17 infected. 
The level of care is very high, the Italian National Institute of Health has already prepared reagents to perform promptly any diagnosis. 
Fortunately, from the experience of SARS, which procured after 812 victims have originated in China, many things have changed.
With the introduction of strict regulation, in contrast to what happened then, the World Health Organization is contacted immediately when an outbreak begins, thus making possible an immediate task force to address the health threat . http://scienze.befan.it/ncov-il-nuovo-virus-che-preoccupa-loms/