African Swine Fever Virus University.

Human infections with African Swine Fever may be the biggest threat to public health these days. ASFV is spreading in China, Eastern Europe, and Korea. It is on the border between Poland and Germany. Will Germany lead the way in exploring the threat of African Swine Fever to human health?

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Friday, January 24, 2020

Breaking News Wuhan Coronavirus is capable of infecting swine



Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV 


by Lisa E. Gralinski  and Vineet D. Menachery 
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm

 "In addition, another rapid report links demonstrates 2019-nCoV uses ACE2 receptors from human, bat, civets, and swine."

 "At this point, the infectious capability of the 2019-nCoV for different species and different cell types is unknown. Early reports suggest that the virus can utilize human, bat, swine, and civet ACE2."

 Source:
Shi, Z.-L.; Zhou, P.; Yang, X.-L.; Wang, X.-G.; Hu, B.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, W.; Si, H.-R.; Zhu, Y.; Li, B.; et al. Discovery of a novel coronavirus associated with the recent pneumonia outbreak in humans and its potential bat origin. bioRxiv 2020


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It's time to speak up about the possible role of pork and pigs in the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic.




The first animal study of a pig virus’ potential to jump to another species shows that the virus, once introduced to a select group of birds, is easily transmitted to healthy chickens and turkeys.

The researchers who led this work were part of a team that previously found in a lab setting that the virus could infect cells from multiple species, including chickens and humans.

 Source:
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/research-pig-virus-porcine-deltacoronavirus-shows-cross-species-transmission-to-poultry-91992/










 “They have no evidence snakes can be infected by this new coronavirus and serve as a host for it,” says Paulo Eduardo Brandão, a virologist at the University of São Paulo who is investigating whether coronaviruses can infect snakes at all. “There’s no consistent evidence of coronaviruses in hosts other than mammals and Aves (birds).”

Husband wife in the Eastern market selling pork has more than thirty years



At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.

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Breaking news on Wuhan Pneumonia: Pig virus, porcine deltacoronavirus, shows cross-species transmission to poultry and possibly humans

The first animal study of a pig virus’ potential to jump to another species shows that the virus, once introduced to a select group of birds, is easily transmitted to healthy chickens and turkeys.

The researchers who led this work were part of a team that previously found in a lab setting that the virus could infect cells from multiple species, including chickens and humans.

 Source:
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/research-pig-virus-porcine-deltacoronavirus-shows-cross-species-transmission-to-poultry-91992/










 “They have no evidence snakes can be infected by this new coronavirus and serve as a host for it,” says Paulo Eduardo Brandão, a virologist at the University of São Paulo who is investigating whether coronaviruses can infect snakes at all. “There’s no consistent evidence of coronaviruses in hosts other than mammals and Aves (birds).”

Husband wife in the Eastern market selling pork has more than thirty years



At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.

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A mammal is the most likely candidate for the source of Wuhan Pneumonia. Is it pigs?


“They have no evidence snakes can be infected by this new coronavirus and serve as a host for it,” says Paulo Eduardo Brandão, a virologist at the University of São Paulo who is investigating whether coronaviruses can infect snakes at all. “There’s no consistent evidence of coronaviruses in hosts other than mammals and Aves (birds).”

Husband wife in the Eastern market selling pork has more than thirty years



At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Have pigs and pork from the Wuhan market been tested for the Wuhan Coronavirus?




Husband wife in the Eastern market selling pork has more than thirty years
At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.

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