Hong Kong announced the first case of human infection with monkey herpes virus.
Comprehensive Ming Pao and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" reported that the Hong Kong Department of Health Protection Center was announced on Wednesday (April 3) that a case of human infection of B virus infection, also known as the case of monkey herpes virus.
The Hong Kong Department of Health said that the patient was a 37 -year -old man. On March 21, he was sent to the emergency room of Renji Hospital because of a sudden fever and unclear consciousness.Received treatment, the situation is critical.
The patient's brain liquid sample was tested on Wednesday with the public health test service department of the Health Protection Center, which confirmed that it was positive to the B virus.
According to the information provided by the patient's family and preliminary investigation, patients visited the Jinshan Country Park in late February. During the period, they were exposed to wild monkeys and were injured by monkeys.Epidemiological survey is still ongoing.
A spokesman for the Health Protection Center said that this case was the first case of human infection with monkey herpes virus in Hong Kong, but such cases had occurred in the United States, Canada, China and Japan.Or caught injury, the situation of people is very rare.
Monkey herpes virus naturally exists in the saliva, urine and feces of macaques, and macaques are a common wild monkey in Hong Kong.Infected people at first will have fluid signs and may evolve into central nervous system infections.If the patient is not treated in time, the mortality rate exceeds 70%, and even if survival may have neurological sequelae.
