INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

[Harpsong]

JAKARTA, Indonesia: A 35-year-old woman and a young boy are being treated in Indonesia for bird flu, the health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 74.

The two patients lived in different towns on the outskirts of Jakarta and had not been in contact with each other, said a staffer at the Health Ministry's information center for bird flu. She declined to give her name, citing ministry rules.

The pair are being treated at an infectious diseases hospital in Jakarta, she said, adding the state of their health was not immediately known.

She said initial reports suggested the pair caught the H5N1 virus from infected birds.

Indonesia has recorded 55 deaths from bird flu since 2004, more than any other country.

Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but WHO fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Two new BF cases in Indonesia

Welcome to the forum Harpsong.

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[Pat18970]

Re: Two new BF cases in Indonesia

The young boy died this morning.

JAKARTA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia recorded two other bird flu cases on Monday with one dead, bringing the total death to 56 out of 74 contracted people in the vast archipelago country, the Health Ministry said.

A two-and-half-year-old boy, who died on Monday morning after three days in hospital, and a 35-year woman, were confirmed by the country's laboratory tests positive of having avian influenza, said an official of the anti-bird flu center of the ministry.

Both of them have been treated in the Jakarta's designed bird flu hospital of Sulianti Suroso, the official said.

"The results of their test is positive of bird flu, the boy died at six this morning," she told Xinhua.

The boy, who was from Kerawang in West Java province, had history of contacts with fowls, but the woman, who was from Tanggerang in an outskirt of Jakarta, was still not clear, said the official.

Indonesia, which has been hit the hardest, has become one of the front lines in the fighting against the H5N1 virus.

The concern of the country's top position in term of the number of victims of the virus, has made the bird flu become one of the top agenda of the forthcoming meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bogor, a town near Jakarta on Nov. 20, Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal said.

The huge territory, back yard centered farming and relatively lack budget have hampered the authorities of Indonesia to fighting avian influenza.

Editor: Ling Zhu

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Two new BF cases in Indonesia

Welcome to you also, Pat.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Indonesia: Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Indonesia: Bird flu kills 2-year-old

POSTED: 0733 GMT (1533 HKT), November 13, 2006

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A 2-year-old Indonesian boy became the country's latest fatality from bird flu, dying Monday morning, an official with the Bird Flu Information Center said.

According to the official, the boy was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and had been in contact with fowl.

It was not clear if the toddler from Karawang regency had any contact with fowl, the most common method of transmission of the virus, Ningrum, an official at the health ministry's bird flu center, told the Reuters news service.

Earlier Monday, the Indonesian health Ministry said that a 35-year-old woman also was being treated in Indonesia for bird flu, according to a report from The Associated Press. The woman and young boy brought the number of confirmed bird flu cases in the country to 74.

Indonesia has recorded 56 deaths from bird flu since 2004, more than any other country.

Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but WHO fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/11/13/indonesia.birdflu/index.html

Location boy: West Java (East of Jakarta) , Karawang district (map)
Location women : Banten, West of Jakarta, Tangarang district

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Indonesia: Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Bird Flu Kills Indonesian Boy, 2, Marking 75th Death This Year

By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 30-month-old boy in Indonesia, an official said, marking the 75th fatality worldwide this year.

The infant, from the Kerawang regency in West Java province, died early today at the Sulianti Saroso hospital in Jakarta, said Muhammad Nadhirin, an official at the Ministry of Health's avian flu control center.

A 35-year-old woman also tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, he said. The woman, from Tangerang regency in Banten province, is being treated at the Sulianti Saroso hospital, he said.

The H5N1 virus is known to have infected 256 people in 10 countries in the past three years, killing 152 of them, the World Health Organization said on Oct. 31. The 74 fatalities recorded by the WHO so far this year are as many as the United Nations agency counted in the previous two years combined

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aQuEmn7XcINs&refer=healthcare

[Theresa42]

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Boy dies of bird flu, woman sickened from virus
Nov 13, 2006

JAKARTA (AP): A young boy died from bird flu on Monday, bringing the country's death toll to 56, while a woman infected with the H5N1 virus was being treated in hospital, the health ministry said.

The two patients lived in different towns on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta and had not been in contact with each other, said a staffer at the Health Ministry's bird flu information center.

The 2 1/2-year-old boy who died was admitted to hospital on Sunday, said the staffer, who declined to give her name, citing ministry rules.

Indonesia has recorded 56 deaths from bird flu since 2004, more than any other country.

Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but WHO fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to killmillions.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20061113142800&irec=2h

[Theresa42]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

November 13, 2006
Indonesian toddler dies of bird flu

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 2-1/2-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 56, a health ministry official said on Monday.

The toddler from Karawang regency in West Java province had had contact with fowl, the most common method of transmission of the virus, Ningrum, an official at the health ministry's bird flu centre, told Reuters.

Another health ministry official said a 35-year-old woman from a different part of West Java was also being treated for bird flu in a Jakarta hospital, but it was not clear if she had had any contact with fowl.

The two victims are not related, Dr. Muhammad Nadhirin, from the ministry's national bird flu centre, told Reuters.

Bird flu remains essentially an animal disease but it has infected more than 250 people worldwide since late 2003, killing more than 150, according to the World Health Organisation.

Indonesia has become one of the frontlines in the battle against the disease. No country has suffered from more deaths than this huge Asian country of 17,000 islands where millions of chickens roam backyards freely.

Despite the rise in the human death toll, the Indonesian government has resisted mass culling of birds, citing the expense and impracticality in a sprawling, populous country where many people are still unperturbed by the bird flu threat.

The number of provinces where bird flu is endemic has nearly halved in the last six months, although all areas on heavily populated Java island remain affected, officials say.

Scientists fear the virus could mutate into a form that can be passed easily between people, leading to a possible human pandemic which could kill millions.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/13/worldupdates/2006-11-13T144749Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276031-3&sec=Worldupdates

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Avian influenza ? situation in Indonesia ? update 37

13 November 2006

The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed an additional two cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

The first newly-confirmed case is a 35-year-old female from Tangerang in Banten Province. She developed symptoms on 7 November and was hospitalized on 10 November. She remains hospitalized. Her source of exposure is currently under investigation.

The second case occurred in a 30-month-old male from Karawang in West Java Province. He developed symptoms on 5 November, was hospitalized on 10 November, and died on 13 November. An initial investigation of his exposure source found reports of chicken deaths near his home in the days prior to symptom onset.

Of the 74 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 56 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_11_13/en/index.html

[Gert van der Hoek]

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The case of Bird Flu improved 2 cases on November 13 2006

Bird Flu casualties in Indonesia improved 2 cases more that is ES (W, 35 years) from Tangerang, Banten and A (L, 2 years 6 months) from Karawang, West Java.

Therefore up to November 13 2006, the number of positive cases of Bird Flu cumulatively achieved 74 cases, 56 including dying.

Was like this the report that was received by the Centre of the Public's Communication of the Department of Health Bird Flu Command Post, on Monday, November 13 2006 concerning the development of Bird Flu in Indonesia.

The citizen's ES of Taman Adiyaksa , Tangerang began to be sick (onset) on November 7 2006, afterwards on November 8 2006 diperikasakan to RS Paramita Tangerang.

Because of not pointing out the improvement, on November 10 2006 E S was reconciled to RS Honoris and on that day also immediately was reconciled to RS the Sulianti Suroso Infection (RSPISS).

Beforehand ES suffered the cough, the fever, breathless, but the story of contact with the unclear poultry.

At this time ES was treated in ICU RSPISS by making use of the ventilator.

A, the citizen Karawang, West Java onset on November 5 2006. The date 10 Nevember A was brought to RS Cito Karawang, because of not showing the improvement was on November 12 2006 reconciled to RSPISS and died on November 13 2006

Was based on the inspection of the Health of the Body of the Department's Research And Development and NAMRU-2 by making use of RT-PCR (Real Time-Polymirase Chain Reaction) both of them were stated positive Bird Flu.

Therefore ES and A were the case to 73 and 74 since since the first case of Bird Flu was to humankind found in Indonesia in July 2005.

The Bird Flu command post reported, up to November 10 2006 was recorded by 74 positive cases of Bird Flu 56 including dying, 12 cases probabel 4 including dying, 162 cases suspek 45 including dying, 1 case terpapar (= spread out?), and 539 cases not Bird Flu.

In Indonesia, the positive case of bird flu was received in 9 provinces that is the Special Capital District of Jakarta (18 cases, 16 died), Banten (9 cases, 7 died), West Java (25 cases, 19 died), Central Java (4 cases, 3 died), East Java (5 cases, 3 died, North Sumatra (7 cases, 6 died), South Sulawesi (1 case died), Lampung (3 cases of the life) and West Sumatra (2 cases of the life).


This news was broadcasted by the Centre of the Public's Communication, the Secretariat General the Department of the Health.
For information further could contact through the number of the telephone/fax: 021-5223002 and 52960661, or the e-mail puskom.depkes@gmail.com and puskom.publik@yahoo.co.id.

http://www.depkes.go.id/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=2301

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Two patients Died

Jakarta - bird flu casualties in Indonesia improved 2 people.

The death of casualties was named ES (35) from Tangerang, Banten and A (2,5) from Karawang, West Java, fulfilled the number of bird flu casualties in the homeland to 74 people.

The head of the Centre of Department of Health Communication of the Public of the Bird Flu Command Post, Lily S Sulistyowati, told how this incident started from the citizen's ES of Taman Adiyaksa, Tangerang, from felt was sick (onset) on November 7 2006.

On November 8 2006, ES that various female gender underwent the inspection in RS Paramita Tangerang.Because of not pointing out the improvement, on November 10 2006 ICE was reconciled to RS Honoris, Tangerang.

The same day ES was at once reconciled to RS the Sulianti Suroso Infection (RSPI SS).

"Beforehand ES suffered the cough, the fever, breathless, but the story of contact with the unclear poultry."

At this time ES was treated in ICU RSPI SS by making use of the ventilator, said Lily to detikcom, Jakarta, on Tuesday (14/11/2006).
Now A, the citizen Karawang, West Java, onset on November 5 2006.
On November 10 A was brought to RS Cito Karawang.

Because of not showing the improvement, on November 12 2006 was reconciled to RSPI SS and died on November 13 2006.

Was based on the inspection of the Health of the Unit of the Body of the Department's Research And Development 2 researches of the naval Median (NAMRU-2) by making use of RT-PCR (Real Time-Polymirase Chain Reaction), both of them were stated positive bird flu.

Therefore ES and A were the case to 73 and 74 since since the first case of bird flu was to humankind found in Indonesia in July 2005.
56 cases among them with casualties died.

http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2006/bulan/11/tgl/14/time/010255/idnews/707585/idkanal/10

[HenryN]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11130601/H5N1_Tangerang_Java.html

[MHSC]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

<big><big>Commentary</big></big>

Two More`H5N1 Fatalities in Suburban Jakarta
Recombinomics Commentary
November 13, 2006

The death of casualties was named ES (35) from Tangerang, Banten and A (2,5) from Karawang, West Java, fulfilled the number of bird flu casualties in the homeland to 74 people.

The head of the Centre of Department of Health Communication of the Public of the Bird Flu Command Post, Lily S Sulistyowati, told how this incident started from the citizen's ES of Taman Adiyaksa, Tangerang, from felt was sick (onset) on November 7 2006.

On November 8 2006, ES that various female gender underwent the inspection in RS Paramita Tangerang.Because of not pointing out the improvement, on November 10 2006 ICE was reconciled to RS Honoris, Tangerang.

The same day ES was at once reconciled to RS the Sulianti Suroso Infection (RSPI SS).


The above translation indicates both recently confirmed bird flu H5N1 in suburban Jakarta have died. Most of the human cases in Indonesia have been from western Java and most have died. H5N1 isolated from these patients has a novel cleavage site that does not match the vast majority of H5N1 birds isolates. Additional birds samples sent to Australia fro sequencing have failed to identify the source of the human infections in Jakarta.

Although the isolates have picked up sequences from the Qinghai strain as well as additional polymorphisms from China and southeast Asia, the local reservoir of human H5N1 has not been identified. Although there have been 74 confirmed cases, the number of matches with H5N1 from poultry in the area of the victims remains at zero.

Wild bird surveillance remains poor worldwide. Only one Qinghai isolate has been reported for eastern China, although Qinghai sequences are readily detected in the H5N1 isolates throughout Asia.

H5N1 continues to evolve and the source of human infections in Indonesia remains unlikely to be directly linked to poultry.

Media sources

Phylogenetic Trees

[Sharpe]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Further English language confirmation of the death of the 35 yo woman.

Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006
Woman dies from bird flu virus, raising Indonesia's death toll to 57

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A woman died of bird flu on the western outskirts of Indonesia's capital Tuesday, raising the country's death toll from the virus to 57, a senior health ministry official said.

The 35-year-old woman from the city of Tangerang died after four days of hospitalization, said Nyoman Kandun, adding the source of infection was still under investigation.

The H5N1 virus has killed at least 153 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003, according to the World Health Organization, with well over a third of the human deaths in Indonesia.

The WHO has not yet confirmed the last two Indonesian cases.

Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but WHO fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and home to millions of backyard chickens, is considered a potential hotspot for that to happen.

The government came under fire for moving slowly to stamp out the virus when it first appeared in chickens and ducks, but has worked hard in recent months to raise public awareness about the dangers of bird flu.

It has also increased vaccinations and slaughtering of birds in infected areas.

[MHSC]

Re: INDONESIA - Two new BF cases / Bird flu kills 2-year-old

Here they are saying she did not die.

November 14, 2006
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Indonesia reports another bird flu case


JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 35-year-old bird flu patient was in intensive care in an Indonesian hospital on Tuesday and has not died, as a senior Health Ministry official mistakenly said earlier.


Health Ministry official Nyoman Kandun apologized for the mix-up and said Indonesia's death toll from bird flu remains at 56. A spokesman for the Sulianti Saroso infectious diseases hospital also said the woman was alive.


A 2-year-old boy died Monday in the same hospital. The World Health Organization has not confirmed that death.


The H5N1 virus has killed at least 153 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003, with well over a third of the human deaths in Indonesia, according to the WHO.


Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but WHO fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.


Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and home to millions of backyard chickens, would be vulnerable under such conditions.


The government came under fire for moving slowly to stamp out the virus when it first appeared in chickens and ducks, but has worked hard in recent months to raise public awareness about the dangers of bird flu.


The country has also increased vaccinations and slaughtering of birds in infected areas.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/11/14/pf-2351756.html