Chapter 549 The source of the spread of the plague
When Xiao Chen went to see those patients in the incubation period, it was already past one o'clock in the morning. When he was about to go back to the tent to rest, he saw Dr. Liu hurriedly coming to find him.
When Dr. Wu and Dr. Liu brought the things they brought back from the mountain to the temporary laboratory in the quarantine area for laboratory testing, this group of medical experts soon discovered that the bat poop they brought back as well as the bats were
An unknown virus.
And this virus is likely to be the source of the spread of this plague.
"Are you sure?" Xiao Chen asked.
"There is basically an 80% chance. It is just that we have not yet been able to confirm from those deceased whether the virus transmitted is exactly the same as the virus in bats."
This was similar to Xiao Chen's guess, but he didn't expect that it was actually passed on by those bats.
Xiao Chen followed Dr. Liu to the laboratory. After disinfection, he went inside. Now there are more than ten medical doctors in the laboratory, all busy doing experiments.
They need to extract the viruses from bats and then transfer the viruses to mice to observe what symptoms the mice will develop after the virus enters the body of the mice.
If symptoms of the incubation period of infected patients appear, there is no doubt that they must be related to these viruses.
When the time comes to break through and understand the cellular mechanisms of these viruses, and then develop relevant and effective antiviral drugs, then for Western medicine, these are the drugs they can actually use to treat them.
Therefore, the MD here in the laboratory is very excited now.
However, Xiao Chen didn't understand these.
For Chinese and Western medicine, even Chinese medicine and modern medicine, the scope of research is fundamentally different.
Xiao Chen knew that if that was the case, he could give Minister Han an explanation.
"You continue to be busy and pay attention to taking breaks in batches."
Xiao Chen came out of the laboratory and immediately went to the office where Minister Han was resting.
During this time, Minister Han had indeed rested. After he handed over all matters to Xiao Chen, he really felt no pressure anymore.
Now when he heard Xiao Chen calling him, Minister Han thought it was something important. He got up in a hurry, put on a coat, turned on the light and opened the door. When he saw Xiao Chen, he asked: "Xiao Xiao, what?"
What's the situation?"
"Minister Han, the medical doctor from the laboratory, they brought back bats and bat feces from the mountains, and through research they found that the viruses in these bats are likely to be the source of transmission."
"What? You have found the source of the plague." Minister Han said in disbelief.
Although Xiao Chen had already told him during the day, he did not expect to receive confirmation so quickly.
"It should be."
"That's great. Let's control the source of the virus immediately. We can't let those viruses spread anymore. Where is this?"
"On the mountain, a thousand meters high on the back mountain, there is a large cave. There are many bats in the cave, and there are also coffins. There are one or two corpses in the coffins, so I think we can send more troops immediately.
Many experts went to investigate. Moreover, I think all those bats must be exterminated, or some of them must be controlled to prevent similar virus infections in the future."
According to traditional Chinese medicine, it is the spread of plague, while in Western medicine, it is the spread of viruses and bacteria.
Xiao Chen felt that these viruses were actually spread by those bats, so they should either eliminate them or control some of them, and then find relevant antiviral drugs. If such a situation happens again in the future, they can be treated with these drugs.
"Yes, I will go find the relevant person in charge immediately." Minister Han was very energetic.
He knew that as long as he found effective drugs, he could leave the quarantine area and return to Yanjing.
He knows that his wife and children are waiting for him.
"Xiao Xiao, you have done a great job this time, thank you for your hard work." Minister Han said.
He felt that if Xiao Chen hadn't helped, the situation here would have been different.
"Minister Han, I should do it."
When Xiao Chen left, Minister Han immediately went to the relevant person in charge and notified more people to come to the quarantine area and go to the devil's kiln on the mountain.
Xiao Chen returned to the tent. When he was resting in the tent, it was quiet, and he continued to practice "Ancient Immortal Theory" there alone.
By the time Xiao Chen felt the dazzling sunlight coming, it was already past eight o'clock in the morning.
Xiao Chen got up to wash up, came outside Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan's tent, and said, "Sister Tang Bing, I'm coming in."
"No." Tang Bingbing said inside.
She had just woken up, and she and Mo Xiaowan were wearing pajamas. This was a private space, and she didn't want Xiao Chen to go in and look at her.
Xiao Chen didn't go in, but when he looked in with his clairvoyant eyes, he couldn't see everything clearly.
After allowing Xiao Chen to enter, the small tent was filled with the residual fragrance of Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan. It smelled very good. Xiao Chen sat down next to Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan. Xiao Chen held
Mo Xiaowan checked her pulse and found that she was fine.
"According to my estimation, we can leave the quarantine area in the last week."
"So fast?" Tang Bing asked strangely.
Although I have been here for nearly a week, I never expected that I would be able to leave the quarantine area so soon.
"Not fast either."
Xiao Chen didn't say much. After the two women washed up, they went to the canteen to have breakfast together. The villagers in Yangjiazhai were more and more in awe of Xiao Chen and felt that Xiao Chen was not an ordinary person or an ordinary doctor.
Xiao Chen didn't know what to say to those villagers. After breakfast and letting Noila Mo go back to the tent to read, Xiao Chen and Tang Bing went to the place where the old lady lived.
Unexpectedly, I met Brother Yang.
Brother Yang came back from the mountain. In fact, he couldn't help but tell his parents what happened on the mountain. His parents then told other villagers, and the other villagers passed it on to other villagers, so now all the villagers know about it.
When he saw Xiao Chen now, he was in awe and fear of Xiao Chen. It turned out that he just thought that Xiao Chen was the son of a high-ranking official from a big city, so he was the person in charge here just after he came here.
However, now he realized that this young man was probably not just the son of a high-ranking official, he was as mysterious as the witch doctor that the Miao people said.
"Doctor Xiao." Brother Yang greeted.
"Brother Yang, what did you say to those Miao people? That made them look at me wrong."
"No, it's nothing." Brother Yang said a little embarrassed.
Seeing Brother Yang's scared look, Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Maybe you will be asked to lead the team up the mountain to the cave. However, I won't go. More members of the expert team will go with you."
"I won't go, I don't dare to go." Brother Yang knew very well that if he had gone alone, he might have gotten lost the night before, bumped into a ghost and hit a wall, and would most likely be too exhausted to get out of that circle.