Simulating the spread of swine flu virus diagnosis chip surface (1)

According to the United States Virginia Tech network dynamics and simulation science laboratory (NDSSL) computer simulation results of the module, human beings should be in the swine flu in the United States within large outbreaks before effective control.

At the same time, CombiMatrix Corporation announced STMicrolectronics company for its production of flu chips in 4 hours checking out swine influenza viruses.

NDSSL is Virginia Tech biological information Institute of an internal organization, they developed the world's most powerful analysis tools of infectious diseases. Currently, this suite of tools has been United States health and Social Services Department (Department of Health and Human Services, HHS), HHS will swine flu named "2009 H1NI influenza viruses".

The Chris Barrett said NDSSL, "we include close schools, factories, and other large numbers used to reduce individual contact between outbreaks isolation measures made a detailed study of the simulation.

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"Research shows for children social isolation measures will be most effective.

This isolation the effect even with advance development of effective influenza vaccines play an equal role. Therefore close the schools is to prevent flu important measures to further expand. However, if we just closed a single school, then its effectiveness will lower half. ”

Earlier this week, New York, a school in the confirmation of swine flu found after being forced to close, two schools informed news suspended also consciously.

However the other schools as usual. Who has the swine flu outbreak threat level raised to the rank second only to the global epidemic.

Deputy Director of the "NDSSL Stephen Eubank said," so far, only some schools because found flu and forced to be course, but our model tool not only emulate the close a school for analysis of the results, you can also close the schools out of the results. "

United States Department of health is still not ready to take further action should be able to effectively control influenza outbreak in the United States spread of social isolation measures. However, if the United States all schools closed, and the implementation of the United States Government has closed the border, then other countries will have to take the same measures to prevent the spread of global influenza.

Barrett said, "If the virus in other countries out of control, even if we close the border is only able to slow the spread of the speed of it."

"However, if we can effectively slow the spread of the virus, such as dragging the speed of 6 months, then we probably would have enough time to develop effective influenza vaccines. ”