上海批發市場發現Ｈ７Ｎ９型病毒

Yesterday the Yomiuri news on-line reported the following:   上海の卸売市場のハトからＨ７Ｎ９型ウイルス 　【北京＝竹内誠一郎】中国農業省は４日、上海市内の卸売市場で採取したハトのサンプルからＨ７Ｎ９型のウイルスを検出したと発表した。 　中国から同型の感染者が初めて確認された３月３１日以降、動物から同型ウイルスが検出されるのは初めてとみられる。 　農業省によると、ウイルスの遺伝子を分析した結果、感染者から採取したウイルスと由来がほぼ一致したという。同省は当面、同型ウイルスに対し、口蹄疫(こうていえき)などと同様に強制措置を伴う対応を適用することを決定、上海市内の市場に疫病予防措置を取るよう指示した。 （2013年4月4日22時45分 読売新聞）   (試譯文)

China’s Department of Agriculture announced on the 4th that it detected the H7N9 type virus from the sample of a pigeon taken in the wholesale market in Shanghai.

Since March 31 when the type of virus that affected people was confirmed in China, it was for the first time that the same type of virus was detected in an animal.

The Department of Agriculture said that the result of analyzing the gene of the virus showed that it was mostly in agreement with the origin of the virus which was extracted from the infected person. The ministry for the time being, facing the same type of virus, determined to take enforcement measures correspond to dealing with such as the foot and mouth disease etc. and gave directives to take epidemic preventive measures in the markets in Shanghai.

It seems that the market in Shanghai may be a source of the virus.