Vietnam: HUMAN H5N1 Cases Feb 13+

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Another bird flu victim

17:14' 18/02/2008 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge ? A day after reporting the death of the second victim of the H5N1 virus in 2008, the Health Minster confirmed another victim of bird flu, who is in critical condition.

A 27-year-old man from the northern Province of Ninh Binh was carried to the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on February 12, one week after he slaughtered and ate chicken.

The young man is suffering a blood infection and some of his internal organs have failed. Doctors are taking all possible measures to save the patient?s life.

This is the third victim of H5N1 this year. The two others died.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/02/769156/

[sharon sanders]

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Reuters



HANOI -- Dead poultry have been found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam, a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold spell, officials said on Tuesday. The Agriculture Ministry said in a report that callers to an animal health department hotline reported large numbers of dead birds in five provinces, but was not specific.
The H5N1 strain of bird flu killed three men in northern Vietnam between Jan. 18 and Feb. 14 during a record-long cold spell. The H5N1 virus seems to thrive best in cool temperatures.
"In recent days the Animal Health Department has received many reports about poultry dying in large numbers in provinces," the Agriculture Ministry-run department said in a report on its Web site (www.dah.gov.vn).
"A bird flu outbreak is forecast to emerge in the northern region when cold days extend," it said.
The department, in a separate report, said that bird flu has killed nearly 2,500 ducks and chickens in the northern provinces of Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang, bringing to seven the provinces on the government's bird flu watchlist.
Animal health workers have slaughtered the remaining 1,900 birds at the three infected farms.
Doctors confirmed at the weekend that a 7-year-old child from the northern province of Hai Duong had the virus. The child has been under treatment in Hanoi along with several suspected cases. Bird flu has killed 50 people in Vietnam out of 106 infected cases since late 2003, the Health Ministry said.
Officials said they have not been able to control poultry smuggling from northern neighbor China, which reported its latest human death on Monday, bringing its toll to 18.
H5N1 remains mainly a virus of birds, but experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person and sweep the world, possibly killing millions.
The virus is known to have killed 227 people globally since late 2003, according to the World Health Organization, not including the latest death in China and two cases in Indonesia in recent days.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/2008/02/20/143645/Dead-poultry.htm

[HenryN]

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<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=tintop_title vAlign=top align=left>More H5N1 infections suspected</TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_date vAlign=top align=left height=20>16:34' 20/02/2008 (GMT+7) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=text vAlign=top align=left>

<TABLE class="image center" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=150 align=right fck_template="imagecontener"><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=image_desc align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>VietNamNet Bridge ? The National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases and the Central Pediatrics Hospital in Hanoi have received patients with bird flu related symptoms.

As well as two patients who have already died of the H5N1 virus this year, the National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases is treating others with high temperatures and respiratory problems. Doctors think these patients have been infected with the H5N1 virus.

The Central Pediatrics Hospital has also admitted patients with the above symptoms, but clinical tests are negative to H5N1. These patients are under close watch.

According to Nguyen Huy Nga, Head of the Preventive Health Agency, bird flu in humans is still a high risk in Vietnam, partly because three fatal cases early this year were from provinces that haven?t reported bird flu cases in the past.

(Source: Dan Tri)

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/02/769544/

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[HenryN]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02200801/H5N1_N_Vietnam_More.html

[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02...tnam_More.html

Commentary

More Suspect H5N1 Patients in Northern Vietnam

Recombinomics Commentary 00:51
February 16, 2008

As well as two patients who have already died of the H5N1 virus this year, the National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases is treating others with high temperatures and respiratory problems. Doctors think these patients have been infected with the H5N1 virus.

The Central Pediatrics Hospital has also admitted patients with the above symptoms, but clinical tests are negative to H5N1. These patients are under close watch.

The above comments describe additional suspect H5N1 patients in northern Vietnam (see satellite map). The clinical picture remains confused. Media reports have contradictory information on the 7 year old described earlier. Some reports indicate the patient has been confirmed, while others say the patient has tested negative.

Similarly, the comments above describe two sets of patients with symptoms, one which has tested negative, while the other presenting with clinical symptoms.

False negatives have been a problem in Vietnam in the past. There have been multiple reports of new poultry outbreaks, which may be linked to newer sequences with primer mismatches, leading to false negatives in lab tests.

In the past, Vietnam has sent samples to Japan for testing. Independent testing of clinical samples may be useful.


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[sharon sanders]

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Bird flu epidemic triggers red alert in Vietnam


A vendor sits next to a basket of cooked chickens in a street in downtown Hanoi on February 15 (PHOTO BY AFP)
Bird flu has recurred in seven Vietnamese provinces since January and is prone to spread further due to local residents and authorities? ignorance and neglect, public health officials told a meeting in Hanoi Tuesday.

Three more provinces - Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the north - on Sunday were added to the bird flu watch list, which already included northern Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh provinces, central Quang Binh Province and Long An Province in the Mekong Delta, the Animal Health Department said at the event organized by the National Steering Committee on Bird Flu Prevention and Control.In the last three days, bird flu outbreaks in the newly designated provinces hit around 2,500 birds, dozens of which perished, according to the department.
The infections occurred mainly in unvaccinated flocks, the agency said.

Within the last several days, scattered poultry deaths were also announced in northern provinces such as Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Ha Tay.

The department said in localities not yet placed on the watch list, residents threw dead fowls - including chickens, ducks and geese - into rivers and drainage, raising the likelihood of a widespread epidemic.

Local authorities and agencies, however, failed to detect, prevent and penalize violators.

The agency added that at this time, poultry, especially in the north, are highly susceptible to the bird flu virus since the cold weather decreases their immunity.

Meanwhile in Ho Chi Minh City, rampant selling of chickens and ducks yet to be quarantined occurs across the city.

The majority of the fowl originated from affected Long An Province adjacent to HCMC, according to the municipal Animal Health Agency.

Local authorities fail to detect the illegal trade since the perpetrators transported and sold poultry early each morning to escape scrutiny.

Truong Thi Minh Chau, deputy head of the municipal animal health watchdog, confirmed the city has around 100 sites where distributions of unsafe chickens transpire.

Urgent response

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong told local authorities to strengthen supervision on poultry vaccination and transportation of fowls from black-listed areas, and sterilize infected sites.

The ministry also plans to import some 250 million doses of bird flu vaccines for a nationwide chicken inoculation slated for April.

Last weekend Minister Cao Duc Phat had requested local authorities and farmers to take vigilant measures to keep bird flu under control.

Individuals and agencies would be penalized if bird flu broke out due to their irresponsibility, or if they fail to report outbreaks in a timely fashion.

Four people have been killed by the H5N1 virus since the beginning of the year.

Fifty Vietnamese in total have died from the disease since 2003.

Around the world, bird flu has killed at least 228 people among the 362 positive cases, according to the World Health Organization?s figures.

Reported by Quang Duan

http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=8&newsid=35904

[Diane Morin]

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Vietnamese man might die from bird flu


www.chinaview.cn 2008-02-21 09:58:26

HANOI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A 40-year-old man from Vietnam's southern Bac Lieu province has died of acute pneumonia, who has been suspected of having contracted bird flu, according to local newspaper Youth on Thursday.

The man named Lai Van Tan from the province's Bac Lieu town was hospitalized and died on Feb. 19 after showing bird flu symptoms. His neighbors said he had frequently contacted with fighting cocks.

To date, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 104 human cases of bird flu infections, including 50 fatalities, since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003.

In mid-February, two local people, a 27-year-old man from northern Ninh Binh province and a 40-year-old man from northern Hai Duong province, died from bird flu. On Jan. 18, a 32-year-old man from northern Tuyen Quang province died from the disease.

Last December, after detecting no human cases of bird flu infections for nearly four months, Vietnam's Health Ministry confirmed that a four-year-old boy from northern Son La province died on Dec. 16, 2007 from bird flu.

All the recently-detected bird flu patients have had close contacts with fowls before exhibiting bird flu symptoms.

Vietnam currently has six localities having poultry being hit by bird flu including Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinhand Tuyen Quang in the northern region, and northern Long An province, the Department of Animal Health under the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Feb. 20.

Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.

Editor: Sun Yunlong

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/21/content_7639972.htm

[Laidback Al]

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Location of the seven provinces with bird flu outbreaks since January - see post #53 above.

[Treyfish]

Re: Vietnam: Human H5N1 Cases Feb 13+

<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=tintop_title vAlign=top align=left>Bird flu leading suspect in southern man?s death</TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_date vAlign=top align=left height=20>16:04' 21/02/2008 (GMT+7) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=text vAlign=top align=left>

<TABLE class="image center" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=200 align=right fck_template="imagecontener"><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=image_desc align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>VietNamNet Bridge - A man in the coastal province of Bac Lieu died on Tuesday allegedly of bird flu?s influenza virus H5N1 type-A.
43-year-old Lai Van Tan was hospitalized at the General Hospital of Bac Lieu Province with varicella, cough and dyspnea. Later, he was suspected to contract the influenza virus H5N1 type A after a chest X-Ray.

Immediately, he was transferred to Ho Chi Minh City for better treatment, however, he died during the trip.

Initial investigations show the victim used to get in touch with chickens as he was addicted to cock-fighting.

In other news, Viet Nam so far this year has witnessed four human deaths from H5N1 type A, including two victims from Hai Duong Province, one from Ninh Binh Province and from Tuyen Quang Province.

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[Treyfish]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ds vAlign=top width=435 height=0>Last Updated: <!--2008-02-21 16:05:55 todaysDate = Date(08, 02, 21, 16, 05, 55); --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript> dayarray = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday","Saturday"); montharray = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April","May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); todaysDate = new Date("February 21, 2008 16:05:55"); document.write(dayarray[todaysDate.getDay()] + ", " + montharray[todaysDate.getMonth()] + " " + todaysDate.getDate() + ", "); //if (todaysDate.getYear() < 1000){ //document.write(todaysDate.getYear() + 2000); //} else { document.write(todaysDate.getFullYear()); //} document.write(" 16:05:55 Vietnam (GMT+07)"); </SCRIPT>Thursday, February 21, 2008 16:05:55 Vietnam (GMT+07) </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><!--This begin of the news --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height=30> E-mail to a friend </TD><TD width="50%">Print version</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left height=35>Bird flu recurs in six provinces, linked to man?s death
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=20 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=left colSpan=2> </TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=cap align=left colSpan=2>A vendor cleans a chicken behind a stall at a local market in Hanoi</TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Vietnam reported another suspected case of bird flu infection in southern Bac Lieu province Wednesday, with the epidemic having now spread to six provinces nationwide. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>Lai Van Tan, 40, was admitted to hospital with a heavy cough and trouble breathing on Tuesday, according to a local doctor. He then died on the way to a bigger hospital in Can Tho City.
Tan?s relatives said he had raised cocks for cock-fighting.
The central Quang Binh Province was taken off the bird flu watch list since there hadn?t been more cases in poultry for 21 days since Jan 31.
Of the six provinces, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the north continued reporting more poultry cases.
The other three on the list include northern Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh provinces and Long An Province in the Mekong Delta.
The administration of the central Ha Tinh Province, meanwhile, culled over 350 ducks on the same day, which had died of an unknown cause.
Scattered poultry deaths have also been reported in northern provinces such as Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Ha Tay.
Bird flu has killed 50 of the 104 people infected since 2003, including four this year, the Health Ministry confirmed.
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[Treyfish]

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Some Vietnamese suspectedly infected with bird flu

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HANOI - Vietnam's Preventive Medicine and Environment Department has said some people hospitalized recently are suspected of having contracted bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported on Friday.
Specimens from the people, including a seven-year-old child from northern Hai Duong province, are being tested for bird flu virus strain H5N1. The child is under treatment at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in capital Hanoi.
To date, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 104 human cases of bird flu infections, including 50 fatalities, since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003.
In mid-February, two local people, a 27-year-old man from northern Ninh Binh province and a 41-year-old man from northern Hai Duong province, died from bird flu. On January 18, a 32-year-old ethnic man from northern Tuyen Quang province died from the disease.
Last December, after detecting no human cases of bird flu infections for nearly four months, the Health Ministry confirmed that a four-year-old boy from northern Son La province died on December 16, 2007 from bird flu.
All the recently-detected bird flu patients have had close contacts with fowls before exhibiting bird flu symptoms.
Vietnam currently has six localities having poultry being hit by bird flu: Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the northern region, and northern Long An province, the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on February 21.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.

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Some Vietnamese suspectedly infected with bird flu

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HANOI - Vietnam's Preventive Medicine and Environment Department has said some people hospitalized recently are suspected of having contracted bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported on Friday.
Specimens from the people, including a seven-year-old child from northern Hai Duong province, are being tested for bird flu virus strain H5N1. The child is under treatment at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in capital Hanoi.
To date, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 104 human cases of bird flu infections, including 50 fatalities, since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003.
In mid-February, two local people, a 27-year-old man from northern Ninh Binh province and a 41-year-old man from northern Hai Duong province, died from bird flu. On January 18, a 32-year-old ethnic man from northern Tuyen Quang province died from the disease.
Last December, after detecting no human cases of bird flu infections for nearly four months, the Health Ministry confirmed that a four-year-old boy from northern Son La province died on December 16, 2007 from bird flu.
All the recently-detected bird flu patients have had close contacts with fowls before exhibiting bird flu symptoms.
Vietnam currently has six localities having poultry being hit by bird flu: Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the northern region, and northern Long An province, the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on February 21.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.

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<SCRIPT src="../../../js/comment.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT> I wonder how many is some?

[Laidback Al]

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credits to Helblindi at PFI . . .

It seems tests on Lai Van Tan (40, M, Bac Lieu) came back negative:

Patient in Bac Lieu die is not because of flu A/H5N1

22/02/08

Afternoon 21/2, medicine office province Bac Lieu say: Institute of Epidemic Prevention Ho Chi Minh city already has conclude disease test colour of patient Lai Van Tan is negative with micro pull flu A / H5N1
A people die has symptom contract flu A / H5N1

Patient Lai Van Tan, 40 year-old, tr? in group 7, town Bac Lieu, admit to hospital in hospital province Bac Lieu morning day 19 / 2. across prison ngiem clinical of patient, has doubt performance of flu poultry. patient already get move courtyard up line above in afternoon the same day, but died above road move courtyard

Disease model colour of patient get give go test in Institute of Epidemic Prevention Ho Chi Minh city.

Vietbao

[Treyfish]

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[Treyfish]

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