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    Traduction automatique

    La grippe aviaire est ?limin?e

    Par AUDREY EDWARDS

    PUTRAJAYA: La grippe redout?e d'oiseau, ?galement connue sous le nom de grippe avienne, a ?t? ?limin?e comme cause de maladie parmi des ?tudiants et des professeurs ? l'agame de SM Simpang Lima dans Sungai Besar, Selangor.

    Le directeur g?n?ral Tan Sri DR Ismail Merican de minist?re de sant? a dit que la conclusion ?tait tir?e bas?e sur des sympt?mes et des mouvements des patients et la recherche du service apr?s vente v?t?rinaire qui a prouv? qu'il n'y avait eu aucune mort d'oiseau dans le pays r?cemment.

    Il a ajout? les ?tudiants et les professeurs n'avaient pas entr? en contact avec aucun oiseau.

    "Enfermez la surveillance qui a ?t? des expositions faites qu'elles r?cup?rent et aucune ne montre les sympt?mes principaux de l'infection avienne de grippe tels que la difficult? en respirant et en ne montrant pas la r?ponse au traitement," il a dit ? des journalistes jeudi.

    DR Ismail a indiqu? que la fi?vre virale ?tait une infection sup?rieure de r?gion respiratoire. La source d'infection serait connue vendredi suivant des essais ?tant faits au laboratoire national de sant? publique dans Sungai Buloh.

    "La situation est sous la commande et les caisses ont montr? l'am?lioration. Il n'y a aucun ?pisode semblable dans n'importe quel autre endroit en Malaisie, "il a dit.

    Il a dit que un total de 169 ?tudiants et de cinq professeurs de l'?cole avait ?t? infect? viralement et il avait montr? des sympt?mes de fi?vre, de toux, de nez liquide et de gorge de blessure.

    Les incidents commenc?s janv. 24 et l? n'ont ?t? aucun nouveau cas rapport? depuis mercredi.

    De tous les cas, 21 avaient ?t? admis ? l'h?pital de Tengku Ampuan Jemaah dans Sabak Bernam o? huit ont r?cup?r? et ils ont ?t? d?charg?s.

    Les 13 restants qui sont trait?s r?cup?rent maintenant et en ?tat stable, il a dit.


    Il y a eu 148 cas de patient et seulement neuf ?tudiants sont observ?s dans le dortoir de l'?cole par une ?quipe m?dicale se composant d'un m?decin et de quatre infirmi?res.

    Il a ajout? l'?quipe effectuait la surveillance active parmi les 716 ?tudiants et professeurs.

    "Les caisses sous l'observation ont montr? des sympt?mes doux et n'ont pas eu besoin d'admission," il a dit.

    Aucune mort n'a ?t? rapport?e et DR Ismail dit aucuns cas semblables ont ?t? rapport?s en dehors du compos? d'?cole.

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    Thursday January 31, 2008
    MYT 3:50:13 PM

    Bird flu ruled out

    By AUDREY EDWARDS

    PUTRAJAYA: The dreaded bird flu, also known as the avian flu, has been ruled out as the cause of illness among students and teachers at SM Agama Simpang Lima in Sungai Besar, Selangor.

    Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said that the conclusion was drawn based on symptoms and movements of the patients and investigation from the Veterinary Services Department which showed that there had been no bird deaths in the country recently.

    He added the students and teachers had not come into contact with any birds.

    "Case monitoring which has been done shows that they are recovering and none show the main symptoms of avian flu infection such as difficulty in breathing and not showing response to treatment," he told reporters Thursday.

    Dr Ismail said the viral fever was an upper respiratory tract infection. The source of the infection would be known Friday following tests being done at the National Public Health Laboratory in Sungai Buloh.

    "The situation is under control and the cases have shown improvement. There are no similar episodes in any other place in Malaysia," he said.

    He said a total of 169 students and five teachers from the school had been virally infected and they had shown symptoms of fever, cough, runny nose and sore throat.

    The incidents started Jan 24 and there have been no new cases reported since Wednesday.

    From the total cases, 21 had been admitted to the Tengku Ampuan Jemaah Hospital in Sabak Bernam where eight have recovered and they have been discharged.

    The remaining 13 who are being treated are now recovering and in stable condition, he said.

    There have been 148 outpatient cases and only nine students are being observed in the school's dormitory by a medical team consisting of one doctor and four nurses.

    He added the team was carrying out active surveillance among the 716 students and teachers.

    "The cases under observation showed mild symptoms and did not need admission," he said.

    No deaths have been reported and Dr Ismail said no similar cases were reported outside the school compound.


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    Re: Malaysia: Bird flu ruled out

    Since most of the northern emisphere is experiencing seasonal human influenza outbreaks, more localized epidemics among students in educational compounds are anticipated. Suspicious cases of bird flu infections without poultry epizootics or based on travel history of patients seem to be groundless. In the past, both eastern Indian states and Bangladesh reported suspected human bird flu cases, notably a year ago in the area now at the centre of widespread poultry H5N1 epizootics. I will not be surprise if Malaysia sends to OIE a report about poultry die-off in the next few weeks.

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    • #3
      Re: Malaysia: Bird flu ruled out

      Agreed, Ironorehopper.

      However in this case there were specific circumstances.

      From an earlier report:

      Many parents had initially panicked following rumours of an avian flu outbreak and a small crowd of them gathered at the school gate on Tuesday night.

      The fears arose following a cross-country run last Thursday that took students through a poultry farm near Pantai Sungai Nibong.




      This is why bird flu is ruled out now.
      ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
      Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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