Gu Yanan smiled awkwardly, saw a pennant on the table, and hurriedly changed the topic, "Contemporary miracle doctor, wonderful hand rejuvenation, this pennant is well written." Brother, why don't you hang it up? ”

Gu Jiashu continued to drink chicken soup while looking at the words "divine doctor" on the pennant, "Now the title of divine doctor is scolding, I don't dare to hang it on the wall." ”

The brother and sister were chatting when the office phone rang.

After Gu Jiashu answered the phone, he closed the half-drunk chicken soup, "Little sister, just now the emergency department called, saying that two encephalitis patients will be transferred to the infection department in a while, I am busy here, you go home by yourself, be careful on the way." ”

"Oh...... Encephalitis? What causes it? Bacterial? Or is it viral? Is it contagious? Do you want our CDC to help? ”

Gu Jiashu smiled slightly and patted the little sister's head gently, "The patient has just been sent to the hospital, and no examination has been done, and I don't know the situation, now your task is to go home safely first." ”

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Day 2 morning.

Lianhai First People's Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases.

Grandma Li's two youngest grandsons, Li Tianyi and Li Tianming, were placed in two beds adjacent to each other in the same ward.

Gu Jiashu is performing a lumbar puncture on Li Tianyi.

Clear liquid flows slowly down the needle.

Gu Jiashu's brows furrowed slightly, judging from the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid, it is unlikely that there is a bacterial infection, could it be viral encephalitis?

Li Tianyi and Li Tianming's cerebrospinal fluid were sent to the hospital's laboratory department.

The results came out quickly, there were no bacteria, and several viruses associated with encephalitis were tested, all of which were also negative.

Gu Jiashu stared at the CT images of the two patients' brains, thoughtful.

Hospital laboratories have only tested for respiratory-related viruses, and many other viruses can cause viral encephalitis.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Li Tianyi and Li Tianming had the same symptoms at the same time, the possibility of viral encephalitis is very high and contagious.

It may be a contagious disease and the pathogen has not been identified, so the CDC should be notified of this.

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Lianhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Office.

Six members of the emergency response team are busy with their own work.

A notice popped up in the National Disease Control Emergency Work Group on Gu Yanan's computer desktop.

After reading the notice, Gu Yanan immediately got up and announced to the members of the emergency team, "At 4 o'clock this afternoon, the National Organization for Disease Control and Prevention held a video conference of disease control units at and above the municipal level across the country, the content of which is about the notification of the outbreak of the new coronavirus epidemic in Province H and the training on the prevention and control of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus infection. ”

"Starting at 4 o'clock? What time does that end? Goofy asked.

"It can be over around 6:30 p.m."

"Hey, the evening date is going to be postponed again, and I was supposed to go to the newly opened restaurant with my girlfriend for dinner." Goofy sighed reluctantly.

Zhou Lao: "I originally told my son that I was going to the school to hold his parent-teacher meeting, but now I can't go, and my wife is also busy, so I can only let my grandfather go on my behalf." ”

"Why does the national CDC set the time of the video conference until 4 p.m., if it is set at 2 or 3 p.m., you can still get off work normally in the evening without delaying things." Wang Xiaoxiao asked.

"National disease control should be considered at the national level." Lu Li explained, "China spans two time zones from east to west, we are now working at 2 p.m. in Lianhai City, and the westernmost provinces and cities have a two-hour time difference with us, and they are working at 4 p.m., so we should hold a nationwide video conference to take into account the working hours of each place." ”

"We are a big country in China, with a vast land and abundant resources, and we saw the sunrise two hours earlier than our compatriots in the west, so it makes sense to choose this meeting time." Wang smiled and sighed.

"No matter what time the meeting is, even if there is a notice at 12 o'clock in the evening, I have to run over and work overtime." Zhou Lao continued, "Some time ago, there was an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in H Province, and after more than half a month, the national disease control and control determined that the causative agent of this pneumonia epidemic was a new type of coronavirus, and also announced the full genetic sequence of the virus.

As for where does this novel coronavirus come from? Was it a mutation of the previous coronavirus? Or is it coming across species? Where was the original source of infection? None of this is conclusive.

I guess this video conference will also talk about this content, and I'm looking forward to it. ”

Gu Yanan: "You can first understand the background knowledge of the coronavirus, especially the SARS epidemic and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome epidemic that have broken out in recent years are caused by the coronavirus, and the handling of the epidemic back then has reference significance for the present. ”

Wang Xiaoxiao had already found out the relevant news of the SARS epidemic and the Middle East respiratory syndrome epidemic from the computer, and was discussing it with Lu Li, when suddenly, the phone on the desk rang.

When the office phone rang, either the epidemic was reported, or someone came to consult about disease control and control.

Gu Yanan picked up the phone, it was his brother Gu Jiashu calling.

"Little sister, I want your help from disease control, do you remember the two patients who were treated by the infectious disease department when I was sent chicken soup yesterday, and now the preliminary diagnosis is encephalitis of unknown cause, and the laboratory department of our hospital has done relevant tests to rule out bacterial infection and some viral pathogens, but the types of viruses done by our laboratory department are limited."

"There are many viruses that can cause encephalitis, do you want CDC to help screen for virus types?"

"Well, I hope to get the results as soon as possible."

"I need to determine the range of pathogenic spectrum to be tested based on the patient's symptoms and epidemiological history."

"I will send you the electronic medical records of the two patients, which contain their symptoms and diagnosis and treatment process, as for the epidemiological history, it is not as detailed as your previous investigation by the CDC, but I also asked some relevant questions."

"Okay, send it now, and then you have someone send the patient's cerebrospinal fluid and related body fluid samples to the CDC laboratory, and I will contact the laboratory."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Yanan first received the medical records on the computer, and after reading it, he called Section Chief Li of the laboratory.

"Section Chief Li, just now the First People's Hospital reported an outbreak of encephalitis of unknown cause, there are two patients, I asked them to send the patient's cerebrospinal fluid and body fluid samples to the laboratory in a while, and you can do a screening of viral encephalitis pathogens."

"Which ones?"

"I just looked at the patient's medical records, because of the lack of detailed epidemiological history data and no characteristic indicators, I first went through all the relevant viral encephalitis pathogen physical examination test kits stored in our laboratory."

"Director Gu, you're not kidding, are you?" Section Chief Li began to complain, "There are many pathogens related to viral encephalitis. ”