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    Source: http://www.radarbanten.com/mod.php?m...le&artid=52029

    Warga Cilegon Suspect Flu Burung
    By redaksi
    Jumat, 12-Februari-2010, 07:29:16

    Google translation:

    Cilegon residents Suspect Bird Flu
    By Editor
    Friday, 12-February-2010, 07:29:16

    SERANG - The case of a patient suspect bird flu was found in Banten back. This time it happened to one of his citizen Grogol, Cilegon, initials S.

    50-year-old man is now undergoing medical treatment in hospitals Attack isolation. S was treated in a special room on the basis of referral health center Grogol, Cilegon.
    According to the Head of Hospital Isolation Room Attack Yopi Triana, S first arrived and treated at hospitals Serang on Wednesday (10 / 1) at 14:30 with an interest entity 37 degrees Celsius. Based on family information and clinic workers who brought to the hospitals Attack S, S has been sick since a few days ago due to direct contact with chickens that died suddenly near her home.
    "Although his body temperature was still in normal condition, but because there was information that Mr. S was sore from the previous direct contact with chickens that died suddenly, so we immediately hospitalized in isolation rooms," explained Yopi in his office, Thursday (11 / 2).
    Yopi who accompanied Nasuha, one of the team treatment of avian flu Attack Hospital, explained, in addition to ever direct contact with poultry that died suddenly, S also has signs of patients suspected of contracting bird flu virus that is suffering from influenza.
    "S is also suffering from a sore throat and leukositnya levels (white blood-red) is less than 5000 ml," he said. Known, the normal levels in human leukocytes 5000 ml to 10,000 ml.
    Yopi say, S is the first patient treated Attack hospitals who allegedly contracted the bird flu virus in 2010. "In 2009 then we have treated 27 patients suspected of contracting bird flu virus. One of them died before he could know the results of a lab that claims to positively or negatively affected by the virus. While the other 26 declared negative, "he explained. (ila)

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    Re: Indonesia - Cilegon resident suspected of bird flu

    Serang, Banten ::: Fifty-year-old bird flu suspect man

    February 12, 2010

    Cilegon, Banten ? A 50-year-old man, with initial S, is treated in isolation unit of Serang regional hospital. Patient was transferred to Serang regional hospital from Grogol public health center, Cilegon.

    Hospital?s spokesman, Yopi Triana S said that patient arrived in Serang regional hospital on Wednesday (10/1) afternoon with body temperature 37℃. According to patient?s family, S developed fever after had direct contact with suddenly died chickens nearby his house.

    Patient also showed common signs of bird flu infection such as, sore throat, and low of leukocyte (white blood cell) count for less than 5,000 per mL blood, added Yopi.

    S is first bird flu suspect treated in Serang regional hospital in 2010. The hospital had treated 27 bird flu suspect patients in 2009. One of them had died before laboratory confirmed, meanwhile remaining 26 cases were negative.

    Source: Indonesia local newspaper, Radar Banten.



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