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Bird flu case (human) detected in Cambodia - 19, male, Kandal Province, November 28, 2008, 57-year-old male, from Ponhea Kreak District, Kampong Cham Province
I think the right of privacy should be preserved even in Cambodia, and Press Agencies must ''cover'' facial characters of people involved in diseases at risk of stigma.
A series of pixels in face area would be better even for this unlucky patient.
Having one's identy posted is not a good thing. If a pandemic hit, I wonder if the govt (or whomever) would try to convince those who had survived bf to donate blood for antibodies? Wasn't donated blood how a couple of the Chinese survived when they became sick?
The salvage of human life ought to be placed above barter and exchange ~ Louis Harris, 1918
Nineteen-year-old man being treated for the H5N1 virus as local officials attempt to prevent any further spread of the deadly flu.
THE government over the weekend called on villagers in Kandal province to take precautions following a new outbreak of bird flu that infected a 19-year-old man in Cheung Koeub commune last week.
The outbreak occurred in Kandal province's Kandal Steung district on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and is the first confirmed infection of the deadly H5N1 virus in Cambodia this year, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation said in a joint statement.
Kao Phal, director of the Animal Health and Production Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said residents are currently being trained about how to prevent the spread of avian flu.
He said authorities are also urging everyone to report any dead or sick chickens to local officials immediately.
"We have cleaned villages by spraying protective medicine," Kao Phal told the Post. "Many residents raise chickens for family use, so they don't know much about bird flu."
Dr Sok Touch, director of the Communicable Disease Control Department at the Ministry of Health, said the infected man's condition is improving.
"He remains under examination by doctors and will not be allowed to leave the hospital yet," Sok Touch told the Post.
He said the patient, currently being treated at Calmette Hospital, began to show bird flu symptoms of fever, cough, muscle aches and a sore throat on November 28. Infection was confirmed on Thursday after testing at the National Influenza Center in Phnom Penh.
"The disease has not threatened his life because we treated it in time. The Ministry of Health is currently looking for other people who might have fever or cough, or who have had contact with dead poultry in the area," he said.
Lotfi Allal, chief technical adviser for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, said teams are investigating the area but have not yet found the source of the infection.
"Our work is not yet finished. We have to target the farmers around the area," he said, adding that information from the infected man does not correspond with reports from area residents on how and when the infection occurred.
The Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh announced in a statement that it would provide Cambodia with more than 12,000 courses of Tamiflu antiviral medication and protective gear for up to 35,000 people to assist in efforts to combat the spread of the virus.
"Prevention and containment of pandemic influenza outbreaks is a common challenge in East Asia," said the statement, issued on Friday.
"This disease is preventable," Kao Phal said. "The important thing is to prevent the transmission from chicken to human."
The latest infection is the eighth confirmed case of the avian flu in Cambodia. The previous seven cases died.
He said the patient, currently being treated at Calmette Hospital, began to show bird flu symptoms of fever, cough, muscle aches and a sore throat on November 28. Infection was confirmed on Thursday after testing at the National Influenza Center in Phnom Penh.
H5N1 Confirmed Near Phnom Penh Cambodia Recombinomics Commentary 11:50
December 15, 2008
THE government over the weekend called on villagers in Kandal province to take precautions following a new outbreak of bird flu that infected a 19-year-old man in Cheung Koeub commune last week.
The outbreak occurred in Kandal province's Kandal Steung district on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and is the first confirmed infection of the deadly H5N1 virus in Cambodia this year, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation said in a joint statement.
He said the patient, currently being treated at Calmette Hospital, began to show bird flu symptoms of fever, cough, muscle aches and a sore throat on November 28. Infection was confirmed on Thursday after testing at the National Influenza Center in Phnom Penh.
"The disease has not threatened his life because we treated it in time.
The above comments confirm H5N1 in poultry on the outskirts of Phnom Penh (see updated map), where a human case (19M) was recently confirmed. The ProMED report on the patient indicated he developed symptoms on November 28 and was seen at a local clinic on November 30 and October 2. The symptoms were a fever, sore throat, and muscle aches.
Since there was no reported H5N1 in poultry at the time, and the last H5N1 case in Cambodia was in June, 2007, the likelihood that the patient was promptly treated with oseltamivir is remote. The H5N1 link was discovered on December 11 through a screening program of high fever cases.
Thus, the H5N1 infected patient had an upper respiratory infection (URI) much like the symptoms of patients in Assam, raising concerns of the spread of mild H5N1 in Cambodia and India, in the absence of testing.
Information on the treatment of the recovering patient in Cambodia as well as testing of surveyed patients in Assam, India would be useful.
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"The next major advancement in the health of American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself"-- John Knowles, Former President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Nearly one hundred people living in the immediate vicinity of Cambodia's first confirmed human case of the H5N1 virus in over a year have been tested as authorities scramble to determine the extent of the latest outbreak.
Blood samples from people who had contact with the 19-year-old man diagnosed with avian influenza have so far revealed no signs of the disease, a health official said.
The 19-year-old is the Kingdom's eighth known case of bird flu, and all previous cases have been fatal. Though the disease has killed fewer than 30 people worldwide this year, the threat lies in the flu's potential to mutate into a strain transferrable between humans that could set off a lethal global pandemic.
According to Sok Touch, the director of the Communicable Disease Control Department at the Ministry of Health, 99 villagers from Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces have been tested and, so far, no new cases have been found. Not all 99 blood samples, however, have been processed.
Kao Phal, director of the Animal Health and Production Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said Tuesday that they have collected 76 ducks, chicken and geese from the two provinces for testing and expect results to be ready later this week.
"We will take immediate action to destroy the birds if bird flu is found," he said.
According to Kao Phal, authorities have educated villagers throughout the country about how to avoid avian influenza by providing booklets and leaflets to villagers.
"We know that villagers understand how to protect themselves from bird flu, but still people get infected," he said.
December 16, 2008
At least 50 villagers have tested negative for avian influenza in a suburb of Phnom Penh, following at least one case last week.
Of 90 villagers tested and consulted in Kandal Steung district, Kandal province, 50 have passed a blood test, said Ly Sovann, deputy director of the communicable disease control department of the Ministry of Health.
?We need 10 more days to be sure of the result on 40 people among 90 villagers,? he said.
Ministry of Health officials are investigating the area following the exposure of one case of a 19-year-old Nov. 28. The victim, Teng Sopheak, is still recovering in Calmette hospital.
Avian influenza, carried in wild and domestic birds by the H5N1 virus, has symptoms that include fever, cough, muscle ache and sore throat. It can be deadly to humans, killing seven Cambodians since 2005, and authorities worry it will mutate into a more communicable form.
17 Dec 2008 The Ministry of Health of Cambodia has announced a new confirmed case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The 19-year-old male, from Kandal Province, developed symptoms on 28 November and initially sought medical attention at a local health centre on 30 November.
The presence of the H5N1 virus was confirmed by the National Influenza Centre, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, on 11 December. The patient is currently hospitalised and a team led by the Ministry of Health is conducting field investigations into the source of his infection. Contacts of the case are also being identified and provided with prophylaxis.
Of the 8 cases confirmed to date in Cambodia, 7 have been fatal.
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia began culling poultry near its capital on Wednesday, officials said, five days after a young man from the area was confirmed with H5N1 bird flu by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government.
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun told Reuters on Wednesday he had ordered a three-month ban on poultry transportation from the province of Kandal, 50 km (30 miles) south of Phnom Penh, after tests confirmed it was hit by the deadly virus.
The Health Ministry said in a statement last week the 19-year-old man, the eighth person in Cambodia to have contracted bird flu since its first case in 2005, was in stable condition in the capital's Calmette hospital.
The patient fell ill on Nov. 28 but was only confirmed as having bird flu on Dec 11, a Health Ministry-WHO statement said.
All seven of Cambodia's previous human cases have died.
Chan Sarun said ministry officials were also investigating in the province of Kampong Speu, 60 km west of Kandal, after reports of dead chickens and ducks.
Since H5N1 resurfaced in Asia in 2003 it has killed more than 200 people in a dozen countries, according to the WHO.
Experts fear the constantly mutating H5N1 virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and potentially kill millions worldwide.
(Phnom Penh hearing) in the face of newly found cases of bird flu, the Ministry of Health to do a few days ago and is home province of La province, about 100 people living in the patients live in the surrounding area residents a blood test to find out the bird flu virus . Blood test results showed that none of them were infected.
According to the Phnom Penh Post reported, said an official of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health with the 19-year-old bird flu patients contact the owner to carry out blood tests, the results have not found a person infected with avian influenza virus in sight.
Ministry of Health to control infectious diseases, the Director of Song Du said that the stem and pull the province is the home province, about 100 people after carrying out a blood test to identify bird flu, but has not been found to be infected with bird flu.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department of Animal Health Department director of the items with high Pan said that the department has been doing for Latin America and is home provinces of chickens, ducks and geese for a total of 75 test will be the outcome of next week. He said "If there are any signs of avian influenza virus, we will take immediate measures to destroy."
He said that in order to do a good job of guarding against avian flu, the department issued to local residents through leaflets and brochures to raise their awareness to prevent bird flu.
Another hearing: Secretary of State for the Ministry of Health and Hospital secret Gan Tai-hing told reporters that in mind, due to the current bird flu hospital for observation while the 19-year-old young men in good condition. He pointed out that patients must be hospitalized for observation a few days, there is no problem to be determined later allowed to go home.
(Li-sheng, Huang set-ray)
(A) Agriculture Minister Shi-Lun had been issued on the 16th to deal with bird flu, the first 591 documents. Contents of the document pointed out that the provincial government to determine dry La La is dry when the rural county south edge of the River Festival Cambodia - Indonesia Friendship Center for the incidence of bird flu source region, the requirements under the Ministry of Agriculture's Bureau of production and treatment must take the following actions in order to The total in the fight against bird flu:
1, in accordance with the provisions of killing all poultry in the region;
2, to the above-mentioned areas as the center for the three-kilometer radius of the circle inside the area to prohibit the sale, purchase and transport various types of birds, 30 days must be followed and research the source of bird flu. And above for the center, 10 km radius of the need to monitor the activities of various types of birds.
Official also pointed out that the ban on all types of birds feeding in the region until the new documents issued in order to allow the resumption of feeding birds. Official said that contrary to the provisions of this document must be punished in accordance with the law.
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PHNOM PENH, Dec 17, 2008 (AFP) - The Cambodian government has banned all poultry from an area on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh in a bid to contain a bird flu outbreak that infected one man, officials said Wednesday. Cambodia's ministry of agriculture has destroyed 326 birds since last week and have now warned that any poultry found within a three kilometer (two-mile) radius of the H5N1 virus outbreak in Kandal province will also be killed. "Our experts have carefully taken control of the area and looked into the issues very closely," Kao Phal, director of the ministry's animal department, told AFP. He said a government ban on selling or transporting poultry in the area would last 30 days. "We are educating the residents to love their lives rather than keep going on with their dangerous businesses."
Officials said that residents were cooperating with the ban as staff from the agriculture and health ministries investigated the outbreak. "We will continue to search for suspected cases for the next 10 days around the area," the ministry of health's Ly Sovann said.
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Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Posted Date: 18 December 2008
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->PHNOM PENH - A 19-YEAR-OLD Cambodian man has survived the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed seven other people in the poor South-east Asian nation since 2005, a health ministry official said on Sunday.
The youth, who became infected after eating dead poultry, was discharged from a Phnom Penh hospital on Saturday after being treated for 10 days, Ly Sovann, deputy director of communicable disease control department, said.
'He left safe and sound,' Mr Ly Sovann told Reuters.
Cambodia began culling poultry near its capital last week, and ordered a three-month ban on poultry being moved from the province of Kandal, 50 km south of Phnom Penh, after tests confirmed it was hit by the deadly virus.
The young man, the eighth person in Cambodia to have contracted bird flu since its first case in 2005, fell ill on Nov 28 but was only confirmed as having bird flu on Dec 11.
All seven of Cambodia's previous human cases have died.
Since H5N1 resurfaced in Asia in 2003 it has killed more than 200 people in a dozen countries, according to the WHO. Experts fear the constantly mutating H5N1 virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and potentially kill millions worldwide. -- REUTERS
Information received on 25/12/2008 from Dr Kao Phal, Director, Department of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Phnom Penh 3, Cambodia
? Summary
Report type Immediate notification
Start date 16/12/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event 16/12/2008
Report date 25/12/2008
Date submitted to OIE 25/12/2008
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 20/05/2007
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
? New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks: Total outbreaks: 1
* Outbreak Location and Affected population - KANDAL (Kraing Chek village, Deumrus commune, Kandal Steung) :
The outbreak affected backyard poultry. Among these there are 40 ducks and 80 chickens that died. Total number of culling is 344 heads (75 ducks, 265 chickens, 2 geese and 2 turkey).
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
? Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive
? Control measures
Measures applied Stamping out
Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Zoning
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
No vaccination
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied No other measures
? Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type National Veterinary Research Institute (NaVRI) (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
* Birds - inoculation test - 16/12/2008 - Positive
* Birds - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 16/12/2008 - Positive
? Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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