Wang Xiaoxiao: "First check all the collected specimens, and rule them out in the same way, if you can't find them, we can't do anything." ”

Lu Li sighed: "Even if the source of infection is found, there is no treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Zhang Li will still die." ”

Gu Yanan: "But if we find the source of infection, we can cut off the spread of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prevent other people from being infected, and save more people, which is the ultimate goal of the epidemic investigation." ”

——

Lianhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Laboratory.

The cosmetics brought back from Zhang Li's home are being examined and tested in the laboratory for prions.

Lu Li and Zhang Xiaoxiao were busy in the laboratory, and Gu Yanan continued to investigate what Zhang Li had been exposed to before, as long as it might be related to prions, Gu Yanan inquired in detail and examined it carefully.

Because of Zhang Li's Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gu Yanan's emergency team had to work overtime on weekends, and the weekend dinner and practice of self-defense and fighting skills that had been made with Nan Hanfei could only be postponed.

Gu Yanan called Nan Hanfei to explain, but heard the news that Nan Hanfei could not participate.

Nan Hanfei was in the hospital at this time.

Nan Hanfei told Gu Yanan about his previous experience.

Uncle Wang, a friend of Uncle Ge, Nan Hanfei's neighbor, was hospitalized due to illness, and Uncle Ge was worried about his friends and stayed in the hospital to accompany Uncle Wang.

Because the two old men had no children by their side, Nan Hanfei was afraid that Uncle Ge would take care of Uncle Wang alone and his body would not be able to bear it, so he helped in the hospital.

Gu Yanan: "What is Uncle Wang's disease?" Is it serious? How can I help? ”

On the phone, Nan Hanfei's surrounding voice was noisy, "The doctor suspects that it is viral encephalitis, but the specific virus that causes it has not yet been detected." ”

Virus testing, which is the CDC's strong point.

Gu Yanan said to Nan Hanfei, "If the hospital doesn't have a result for a long time, ask them to contact our CDC." ”

"Okay, the hospital can't handle it, I'll look for you again."

Gu Yanan just hung up the phone here, and the mobile phone rang again.

Caller ID Gu Jiashu.

Picking up the phone, Gu Jiashu's slightly anxious voice came, "Little sister, our hospital has received another case, suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease." ”

Gu Yanan's heart sank, could it be that the prion had spread among the crowd? The source of infection must be found as soon as possible.

Gu Yanan: "Brother, you can talk about the specific situation of the patient first. ”

Gu Jiashu quickly explained on the phone, "This morning a patient transferred from the hospital, a young woman, 26 years old, had a personality change half a year ago, often lost her temper with the people around her in her life, had anxiety and depression tendencies, memory loss, reduced thinking ability, decreased eyesight, and later had difficulty in speech and swallowing.

Her parents took her to a local hospital, where the doctor diagnosed her with depression and prescribed medication, which did not alleviate but worsened after taking the medicine, and was transferred to our hospital from other provinces and cities after falling into a coma yesterday. ”

Gu Yanan asked, "Isn't the new patient a native of Lianhai City?" ”

"No, her home is from another province, more than 600 kilometers away from Lianhai City."

Gu Yanan: "Brother, can you send me ......a copy of this new patient's medical records?"

Gu Yanan was halfway through his words, and suddenly regretted it, "Wait a minute, no need, I'll go to the hospital in person, the family of that new patient should be in the hospital, right?" ”

"Her parents are here."

"Okay, I have something to ask the patient and her family."

——

The First People's Hospital of Lianhai City, Infectious Disease Ward.

The patient who was transferred from another province is named Liu Meimei, a 26-year-old young girl.

Liu Meili was lying on the hospital bed, she was already in a coma, and it was impossible to ask questions, Gu Yanan could only find Liu Meimei's parents and ask her about the situation before she fell into a coma.

Before entering the ward, Gu Yanan looked at Liu Meimei's medical record file brought by Gu Jiashu.

As Gu Jiashu described before, Liu Meimei's clinical symptoms and laboratory test results are the same as those of Zhang Li, the woman in red, and meet the diagnostic criteria for clinical variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Gu Jiashu saw Gu Yanan's slightly frowning brows when he looked at Liu Meili's medical records, and asked: "Although Zhang Li and Liu Meili are hundreds of kilometers apart, they have a similar onset time and the same symptoms, is there really a source of infection?" ”

"The source of infection is definitely there, and our task now is to find out the source of infection as soon as possible."

Gu Yanan and Gu Jiashu entered Liu Meimei's hospital room.

In the ward, Liu's beautiful parents sat in front of the hospital bed with sad expressions.

Seeing a doctor come in, Liu Meimei's parents stood up.

The two old men had seen Gu Jiashu before and knew that it was Liu Meimei's attending doctor, but the two old men had never seen Gu Yanan.

Gu Jiashu introduced to the two old people: "This is Director Gu, the director of the emergency office of our Lianhai City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and she has some things to ask the two of you. ”

Liu Meimei's father, an old man with gray hair who was nearly 60 years old, heard that Gu Yanan was from the CDC, and immediately asked, "Do you suspect that Meimei has an infectious disease?" ”

"At present, it is suspected that it is, so we need your cooperation to find the source of infection as soon as possible."

Liu Meimei's father, "You ask, beautiful things, her mother and I basically know." ”

Gu Yanan asked one by one according to the infectious sources that Liu Meili might have come into contact with that could transmit Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

"Has Liu Meili ever eaten beef in the past year or two? Especially imported beef. Gu Yanan asked.

"Nope." Liu Meimei's mother replied definitely, afraid that Gu Yanan would not believe it, and then explained: "My beautiful family usually loves beauty, in order to lose weight, I haven't eaten red meat such as pigs, cattle and sheep for many years, usually eats less meat vegetables, occasionally eats some fish, and she usually eats some vegetables and fruits." ”

Gu Yanan glanced at Liu Meili lying on the hospital bed, this young girl was in her prime, but her body was as thin as a reed stick.

Gu Yanan asked, "Has Liu Meili always been so thin before?" ”

Speaking of her daughter's weight, Liu Meimei's mother began to wipe her tears, crying and said: "My beautiful family is 165 tall, and she weighed 110 pounds when she went to college, which is already a good weight, but she thinks she is heavy, she diets every day and does not eat meat, and when she graduates from college, she loses 90 pounds, especially a year ago, her weight is rubbing down, and her spirit has become bad. ”

Gu Yanan thought to herself that Liu Meili had not eaten beef and mutton in recent years, so the possibility of being infected by eating it could be ruled out.

Gu Yanan asked again: "Has Liu Meili had any surgery before?" ”

Liu Meili's father shook his head, "No, when I was in college, Meili said that she was going to cut her double eyelids, but then we didn't agree, so she gave up, and she didn't have any injuries on her body since she was a child." ”