Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

[tetano]

This is a 2 year-old girl in need of Mangrove, Long An and far from. So far, our country is still noted infections influenza A (H3N2) influenza season, also called on the people, while pediatric flu originated from this infected swine. > Vietnam preparedness with the new influenza announcement of the Bureau of health prevention (Department of health), the system monitoring influenza national key area south of this flu infections recorded in April, 2011. Recently, the results of laboratory tests has been the standard of the World Health Organization in America. This is the first case in Viet Nam noted the prevalence of influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs. Hospital happenings and no light evidence of transmission from person to person. From April/2011 far not discovered more cases of new flu strains.

The Ministry of health requested key flu surveillance systems strengthened national surveillance and early detection of cases people with swine flu originated from. At the same time, in cooperation with the Office of the World Health Organization in Vietnam to conduct epidemiological investigation of this case. Meanwhile, swine flu on poultry also occurs in many localities across the country. This year, the country has also recorded two flu H5N1 and both patients were fatal. Therefore, to proactively flu transmitted from animal to person, Department of preventive medicine recommends people don't kill, slaughter of poultry, pigs sick, died of unknown causes. Do not eat more soup, meat and poultry, pork not yet processing techniques. When there are symptoms of fever, cough, difficulty breathing-related exposure to poultry, pigs must come immediately to the nearest medical facility for examination and treatment.

Earlier in the USA from 2009, Center for disease control and prevention also detected 18 people infected with influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs. In particular, there are about 10 cases are detected from the new strain of influenza virus infection in 2010 S-OtrH3N2. This is a new strain of influenza recombinant from influenza A (H1N1) pandemic and influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs.

http://vietbao.vn/Suc-khoe/Nguoi-Viet-dau-tien-nhiem-cum-A-H3N2-tu-lon/12959901/248/

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Re: Vietnam : First case of swine H3N2 in a 2 year old ?

Detected first influenza A/H3N2 originated from swine

D?n tr?)-December 15/2, Mr. Tran Thanh Duong, Deputy Head of Department of health prevention (Department of health) said Vietnam has detected infections influenza A/H3N2 swine origin. This was the influenza A/H3N2 descended from the first recorded in Vietnam.

as reported by the national influenza centre-Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh, system monitoring influenza national key area in the South have detected infections influenza A/H3N2 swine
origin.This is the new age in female children's Hospital Need 2 Mangrove, Long An had been treated at hospitals for Children 1 and that of the disease. This model of pediatric patients were tested at the laboratory standard formula at CDC-us and WHO has been confirmed.
Mr. Yang said, this is the first case in Viet Nam noted the prevalence of influenza A/H3N2 swine origin. Ca this disease mild and no happenings of the evidence transmitted from person to person.
according to the statistics of the national influenza centre, from 4/2011 far not discovered more cases of new flu strains.
Previous infections influenza A/H3N2 swine origin was first noted, the Ministry of health has instructed key flu surveillance systems strengthened national surveillance and early detection of cases of swine flu originated in on the people; in collaboration with Office of the WHO in Vietnam held census dịc

http://m.tin247.com/phat_hien_ca_nhiem_cum_ah3n2_dau_tien_co_nguon_goc_tu_lon-10-21907945.html

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Re: Vietnam : First case of swine H3N2 in a 2 years old ?

Cần Đước is a district in the southern province of Long An

[tetano]

Re: Vietnam : First case of swine H3N2 in a 2 years old ?

Department of preventive health (Ministry of health) has just confirmed the first cases of infection in our country of influenza A/H3N2 swine origin. It's a girl 2 years old, in the District of Needs, Long An province.
while the patients were cured but showed strains of influenza can appear in Vietnam if influenza A/H3N2 virus and swine origin influenza A/H1N1 pandemic recombinant
together.The first case of influenza A/H3N2 infection from swine flu surveillance systems are national key area in the South in April 2011. Children's Hospital patients 1-HCMC cured.
right then, sample swabs are authorities sent to the United States for tests and on October 1 the past be laboratory standard of the World Health Organization in the United States the CDC-confirmed.
This is the first case in Vietnam infected with influenza A/H3N2 originating from pigs with the disease lightly and without warning the happenings of the evidence transmitted from person to person.
From April, 2011 far not discovered more cases of new flu strains.

http://vov.vn/Home/Viet-Nam-co-truong-hop-dau-tien-nhiem-cum-AH3N2/20122/200157.vov

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Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

Health watchdog confirms first swine-related case of A/H3N2



The Vietnam Preventive Medicine Department has announced the first case of human infection with the pig-related A/H3N2 flu virus based on the results of tests by the national flu centre under the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute.

The national flu monitoring system detected this case in April 2011. A two-year-old female baby in Long An province contracted the disease and was treated successfully at the Children’s Hospital No 1. in HCM City. The A/H3N2 flu virus she had originated from pigs.

The test results of the HCMC Pasteur Institute were confirmed on January 10, 2012, by the WHO laboratory at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Since April 2011, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has strengthened efforts for early detection and monitoring of any new cases of human infection, and has coordinated with the WHO Office in Vietnam to conduct epidemiological investigation into the country’s first case of A/H3N2 human infection.

Vietnam has detected no further cases of A/H3N2 infection since April 2011.

Given the outbreaks of bird flu in several localities, Dr Nguyen Thanh Duong, Vice Head of the Vietnam Preventive Medicine Department, recommends active prevention measures be taken to stop the flu transmitting from animals to humans

He said local people should not eat the meat or blood of pigs or fowl that die without apparent reason, and should visit the nearest clinic as soon as possible if detecting any flu symptoms after contact with fowl or pigs.

http://talkvietnam.com/2012/02/health-watchdog-confirms-swine-related-case-ah3n2/

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Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

Vietnam claims first swine influenza virus (H3N2) infection


HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam claimed the first patient who was infected by swine influenza virus (H3N2) in April 2011 and was re-confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 10, 2012.

The news was announced here on Wednesday by Dr. Nguyen Thanh Duong, deputy director of the Vietnam Preventive Medicine Department, under the Ministry of Health (MOH).

According to the report, the patient was a 2-year-old girl from southern Long An province, who was treated at the No. 1 Children Hospital in April 2011 and later got recovered. She was confirmed then by the southern influenza supervisory network as infected by swine influenza virus H3N2.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2012-02/15/c_131412473.htm

[Shiloh]

Re: Vietnam: Human cases of new human swine flu strain

Source: http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2012/2/99832/

Thursday, Feb 16, 2012, Posted at: 15:13(GMT+7)
First swine flu hits Mekong

Health officials have reported the first case of H3N2 swine flu contracted from pigs after a two-year-old girl in Long An Province in the Mekong Delta was diagnosed with the disease.

Tran Thanh Duong, deputy head of the Preventive Medicine Department, said the child was successfully treated at HCM City's Children's Hospital 1, in a press release to local media.

There was no evidence of human-to-human transmission from the child, he added.

It was also the first case of H3N2 influenza since April 2011 until when it had always spread between humans.

The Ministry of Health ordered strengthening of key flu surveillance systems and early detection of similar cases...

[Shiloh]

Re: Vietnam: Human cases of new human swine flu strain

Source: http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/p...-h3n2-flu.aspx

Vietnam reports first human case of H3N2 swine flu
Last Updated: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:10:00


The Department of Preventive Health announced on Wednesday that Vietnam has recorded the first human case of swine flu caused by the H3N2 virus, Tuoi Tre reported.

However, the case, a two-year old girl in the southern province of Long An, was minor and there was no evidence that the virus has become transmissible between humans, according to the department under the Ministry of Health.

It said the child became sick last April and recovered later, but since she had strange symptoms, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute sent her samples to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further tests.

Tran Thanh Duong, deputy chief of the department, was quoted as saying that so far, Vietnam has yet to record any additional cases of humans infected with H3N2 swine flu...

[tetano]

Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

Cidrap news

H3N2 swine flu in Vietnamese child
Vietnam's Department of Preventive Health announced on Feb 15 the first human case of H3N2 swine flu in that country. The case occurred last April in a 2-year-old girl from the southern province of Long An. Her case was mild, and she recovered, according to a Thanh Nien News story yesterday. Because of unspecified "strange" symptoms, samples were sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further study. A handful of human cases of a novel H3N2 swine strain have been reported in the United States this winter.
Feb 16 Thanh Nien News article

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/feb1712newsscan.html

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Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

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Date: Thu 16 Feb 2012Source: Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP), Viet Nam News Daily report [edited]http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2012/2/99832/


Health officials have reported the 1st case of H3N2 swine flu [influenza
A virus] contracted from pigs after a 2-year-old girl in Long An
Province in the Mekong Delta was diagnosed with the disease.

Tran Thanh Duong, deputy head of the Preventive Medicine Department,
said the child was successfully treated at HCM City's Children's
Hospital 1, in a press release to local media.

There was no evidence of human-to-human transmission from the child, he
added.

It was also the 1st case of H3N2 influenza since April 2011 until when
it had always spread between humans.

The Ministry of Health ordered strengthening of key flu surveillance
systems and early detection of similar cases. It will conduct an
epidemiological investigation of the case together with the World Health
Organization.

The Department of Preventive Medicine advised against slaughter of sick
poultry and pigs for consumption and consuming those that died of
unknown causes.

When people have fever, cough, or breathing difficulty following
exposure to poultry or pigs, they have to be rushed to the nearest
medical facility, it said.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detected 18 people
with H3N2 influenza contracted from pigs since 2009.

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[The newswire above reports the 1st confirmed case of H3N2 influenza in
Viet Nam. The patient is a 2-year-old girl in the Mekong Delta and the
infection happened in April 2011. It is not clear if this case of H3N2
is linked to a recent mass media coverage of a new flu strain in Viet
Nam (see prior PRO/MBDS posting Influenza: Viet Nam, new strain, RFI
20120215.0378).

For a map of Viet Nam with provinces, see
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ovincesMap.png.
For the interactive HealthMap/ProMED-mail map with direct links to other
outbreaks in Viet Nam and surrounding countries reported on ProMED-mail
and PRO/MBDS, see http://healthmap.org/r/1OX9. - Mod.QCN]

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Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

This is pretty confusing and contradictory:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20120224-diseases-spreading-faster-than-vaccines-can-be-tested.aspx?

[snip]

On Monday (February 14), the Department of Preventive Health announced that two-year-old La Nguyen Thanh Ngan from the Mekong Delta province of Long An was the first person in Vietnam to contract the H3N2 virus.

The source of infection was a pig and there is no evidence that the virus is transmissible among humans, it said, adding that the girl had been admitted to HCMC Children’s Hospital 1 and recovered soon after.

The announcement was made ten months after the patient contracted the disease.

Vietweek visited Ngan’s hometown in Long An’s My Le Commune and found that she had moved to District 12 in HCMC with her family before contracting the disease.

An official of the District 12’s Preventive Health Agency said he was only aware of the case through the newspaper’s report on Tuesday.

It was only then that representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute and local health authorities went to her home in District 12 to conduct an epidemiological study.

La Quang Vinh, Ngan’s father, said the family was not raising fowl or swine.

“There were many children in our neighborhood with fevers then. I think she contracted the disease from them,” he said.

Vinh said doctors at the HCMC Children’s Hospital 1 cultured a sample of mucus from her throat to be tested in the US.

He said relevant health authorities came to their house in District 12 but had misunderstood that the child was living in Long An with her grandparents.

“We only came back to Long An during Tet. They came to Long An and offered an appointment in District 12, saying they would study the epidemiology and meet other children in the neighborhood. However, I have not seen them since then,” he said.

Nguyen Van Binh, director of the Preventive Health Department, said the Pasteur Institute is responsible for coordinating with local health authorities in the decontamination of affected areas and for taking preventative measures.

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Re: Vietnam : First case ( April 2011) of swine H3N2 - 2 years old

This is pretty confusing and contradictory:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20120224-diseases-spreading-faster-than-vaccines-can-be-tested.aspx?

[snip]

On Monday (February 14), the Department of Preventive Health announced that two-year-old La Nguyen Thanh Ngan from the Mekong Delta province of Long An was the first person in Vietnam to contract the H3N2 virus.

The source of infection was a pig and there is no evidence that the virus is transmissible among humans, it said, adding that the girl had been admitted to HCMC Children?s Hospital 1 and recovered soon after.

The announcement was made ten months after the patient contracted the disease.

Vietweek visited Ngan?s hometown in Long An?s My Le Commune and found that she had moved to District 12 in HCMC with her family before contracting the disease.

An official of the District 12?s Preventive Health Agency said he was only aware of the case through the newspaper?s report on Tuesday.

It was only then that representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute and local health authorities went to her home in District 12 to conduct an epidemiological study.

La Quang Vinh, Ngan?s father, said the family was not raising fowl or swine.

?There were many children in our neighborhood with fevers then. I think she contracted the disease from them,? he said.

Vinh said doctors at the HCMC Children?s Hospital 1 cultured a sample of mucus from her throat to be tested in the US.

He said relevant health authorities came to their house in District 12 but had misunderstood that the child was living in Long An with her grandparents.

?We only came back to Long An during Tet. They came to Long An and offered an appointment in District 12, saying they would study the epidemiology and meet other children in the neighborhood. However, I have not seen them since then,? he said.

Nguyen Van Binh, director of the Preventive Health Department, said the Pasteur Institute is responsible for coordinating with local health authorities in the decontamination of affected areas and for taking preventative measures.

That raises a lot of questions. It says the virus came from a pig, but later says that family did not raise pigs, and that instead of contact with a pig, she had contact with other sick children.

Also, there is some confusion as to the location of infection.

Sequences please?