H5N1 Detection
H5N1 Detection
When it comes to the bird flu, although this virus usually has very extreme symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, eye infections. Bird flu symptoms can also be associated with Pneumonia, respiratory distress, and even many other different types of life threatening complications, but many of these symptoms are very similar to those of the common influenza virus. Detection of the bird flu goes far beyond symptoms, in fact, samples from either the throat or the nose need to be taken and transferred to a special lab which deals with the detection of such viruses, including the bird flu. When it comes to detection of the bird flu in wild bird this can be near impossible with the naked eye. In fact, during March of 2007, a portable unit was created which allows officials to test and detect the bird flu in wild birds. This is a great way to protect the public from eating poultry which has been contaminated by the H5N1 bird flu virus. Understanding the importance of tools such as these are very important as they can help aid in the prevention and detection of the bird flu virus in human beings. Understanding how important detection of these viruses can be to preventing the H5N1 virus from mutating and being spreadable from human to human is very important and taking these preventative measures and pre detecting the bird flu virus with in the first 48 hours is extremely vital towards protecting the public from the spread of this virus.