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

[Gert van der Hoek]

Bird flu case detected in Cambodia

Posted : Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:21:07 GMT

Phnom Penh - Cambodian health workers converged on a town near the capital Phnom Penh after a man was diagnosed with avian flu, officials said Friday.

The 19-year-old man from Kandal Province fell ill on November 28 and was being treated in a Phnom Penh hospital, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation said in a joint statement.

The statement said field teams were searching for other infected residents in the town and the Ministry of Agriculture was investigating poultry deaths in the area.

The unidentified man was diagnosed on Thursday. It is the eighth case of bird flu detected in Cambodia since 2005.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245872,bird-flu-case-detected-in-cambodia.html

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Eighth human case of avian influenza in Cambodia

11th December 2008

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA, AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

The Ministry of Health in Cambodia confirmed that a 19-year-old man is the eighth person who has been detected with confirmed avian influenza in Cambodia since early 2005. This is the first case of avian influenza detected in Cambodia in 2008. The patient is from Kandal Steung District in Kandal Province.

The patient became ill with fever, cough, muscle ache and sore throat on 28th November and sought medical attention at local health centres originally on 30th November and again on 2nd December. The patient was identified during surveillance for acute fever illness, a research study conducted in the province and confirmatory testing was done by the National Influenza Centre in Phnom Penh on 11th December.

The patient is currently being treated in Calmette hospital, Phnom Penh. Field investigation teams, headed by MoH are in the field to identify human contacts and start prophylaxis treatment.

The Ministry of Health will continue to go house to house in the affected area looking for people who have a fever, cough and contact with sick or dead chickens. Public education materials will also be distributed.

The Ministry of Agriculture are conducting a detailed investigation into poultry deaths in the area around the village.

This is the 8th confirmed case of human H5N1 influenza in Cambodia. All previous 7 cases died. The last case occurred in April 2007. Globally there have been 389 confirmed cases of human H5N1 infections of which 246 have died.

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Cambodia confirms new human case of bird flu

12/12/2008 |

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ? Cambodia's Health Ministry has announced the country's eighth human case of virulent bird flu since 2005.

The ministry said in a statement with the UN's World Health Organization that a man from Kandal province, east of the capital Phnom Penh, was confirmed by laboratory tests Thursday to have the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.

The man is being treated at Calmette Hospital in the capital. The case was the first this year in Cambodia, where the seven previous victims of the disease have died.

The World Health Organization says there have been 390 confirmed cases of the disease in humans worldwide since 2003. Of those, 246 were fatal. - AP

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139121/Cambodia-confirms-new-human-case-of-bird-flu

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Archive Number 20081212.3905
Published Date 12-DEC-2008
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (77): Cambodia


AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (77): CAMBODIA

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Date: 12 Dec 2008

From: Ministry of Health, Cambodia and World Health Organization, Cambodia
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Eighth human case of avian influenza in Cambodia -- 11th Dec 2008

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The Ministry of Health in Cambodia confirmed that a 19 year old man is the
eighth person who has been detected with confirmed avian influenza in
Cambodia since early 2005. This is the first case of avian influenza
detected in Cambodia in 2008. The patient is from Kandal Steung District in
Kandal Province.

The patient became ill with fever, cough, muscle ache and sore throat on
[28 Nov 2008] and sought medical attention at local health centres
originally on [30 Nov 2008] and again on [2 Dec 2008]. The patient was
identified during surveillance for acute fever illness, a research study
conducted in the province and confirmatory testing was done by the National
Influenza Centre in Phnom Penh on [11 Dec 2008].

The patient is currently being treated in Calmette hospital, Phnom Penh.
Field investigation teams, headed by MoH are in the field to identify human
contacts and start prophylaxis treatment. The Ministry of Health will
continue to go house to house in the affected area looking for people who
have a fever, cough and contact with sick or dead chickens. Public
education materials will also be distributed.

The Ministry of Agriculture are conducting a detailed investigation into
poultry deaths in the area around the village.

This is the 8th confirmed case of human H5N1 influenza in Cambodia. All
previous 7 cases died. The last case occurred in April 2007. Globally there
have been 389 confirmed cases of human H5N1 infections of which 246 have died.

--
Dr Sok Touch
Director of Communicable Disease Control Department
Ministry of Health, Cambodia
Dr Ly Sovann
Deputy Director Communicable Disease Control Department
Dr Michael O'Leary
WHO Representative. WHO/Cambodia
Dr Nima Asgari
Epidemiologist. WHO/Cambodia

[The efficacy of the febrile illness disease surveillance efforts in
Cambodia are impressive. As of the time of this report, there have not been
reports of cases of avian influenza in the avian population in Cambodia.
The last report of an avian outbreak of H5N1 in Cambodia was in April 2007 .

http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:5159248783850193::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1010,75127

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Cambodian man gets bird flu, first case since 2007

12 Dec 2008

Source: Reuters

PHNOM PENH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Cambodian who ate dead poultry has been confirmed with H5N1 bird flu, the country's first human case in more than 18 months, the World Health Organization (WHO) and government said on Friday.

The man, the eighth person in Cambodia to have contracted bird flu since its first case in 2005, was in a stable condition in the capital's Calmette hospital, Sok Touch, head of the Health Ministry's Communicable Diseases department, said in a statement.

The patient, who came from the province of Kandal, about 50 km (30 miles) south of Phnom Penh, fell ill on Nov. 28 but was only confirmed as having bird flu on Thursday, the joint Health Ministry-WHO statement said.

All seven of Cambodia's previous 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. (Reporting by Ek Madra; Editing by Darren Schuettler and Jerry Norton)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK367075.htm

[HenryN]

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PHNOM PENH : A new outbreak of bird flu in Cambodia has infected a 19-year-old local man, the Cambodian government and the UN health agency said on Friday.

The outbreak occurred in Kandal province, on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh, and is the first confirmed infection of the deadly H5N1 virus in Cambodia this year, the ministry of health and World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a joint statement.

The statement said the man began to show bird flu symptoms of fever, cough, muscle aches and a sore throat on November 28, and was being treated in Phnom Penh's Calmette hospital after tests confirmed his infection.

"At this point, there's no information on further spread but we're awaiting the results of today's investigation," the WHO's Dr. Michael O'Leary told AFP.

Cambodia's ministry of agriculture was conducting an investigation on Friday into poultry deaths around the village where the man was infected, while the ministry of health was examining people in the area.

It is the eighth confirmed case of bird flu spreading to a human in Cambodia. All previous cases in the country have died, but O'Leary was hopeful the man would survive.

"Roughly two thirds of confirmed bird flu cases around the world have died." O'Leary said.

The previous recorded bird flu infection of a person in the country occurred last year, when a 13-year-old girl died of the virus.

The WHO says the deadly H5N1 strain has killed nearly 250 people, mostly in Southeast Asia, since 2003. - AFP/ms

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/395906/1/.html

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[HenryN]

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Updated map

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[HenryN]

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Kandal Province map

http://www.canbypublications.com/maps/provkandal.htm

[HenryN]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12120802/H5N1_Cambodia_PP.html

[HenryN]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD height=40> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD height=20>Special operation to prevent bird flu outbreak launched in 9 provinces</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=default12>BANGKOK, Dec12 (TNA) - As neighbouring Cambodia now faces an outbreak of bird flu, Thailand's Livestock Development Department launched a special operation to prevent the reappearance of the potentially deadly virus in nine lower northern provinces, in an attempt to restore consumer confidence.

Maj-Gen. Sanan Kajornprasart, deputy prime minister and also acting minister of agriculture and cooperatives, said that from December 15 to 20, department's teams will disinfect farms in nine lower northern provinces and instruct farm families to separate all poultry from human habitations as a preventative measure against avian influenza.
The nine provinces considered most at risk are Sukhothai, Uthai Thani, Phitsanulok, Uttaradit, Nakhon Sawan, Kampaeng Phet, Pichit, Phetchabun and Tak.
Gen. Sanan said that the operation was an attempt to prevent the spread of bird flu virus to other provinces. Sukhothai and Uthai Thani would be however under a special, closer watch because there have been cases reported there in the past.

Health officials detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a dead fowl in Sukhothai's Thung Salium district in late
October.
Also, a number of birds were found dead with unknown causes in Nong Chang district of Uthai Thai province in mid-November.

Veterinarian Yukol Limlaemthong, acting director-general of the livestock department, said that the department's technical staff will also inform rural families regarding self-preventative measures to reduce risk of contracting the virus.
Dr. Yukol also advised villagers in the nine at-risk provinces that cockfighting should be avoided during this period.
When asked whether to use bird flu vaccine to control the outbreak, Dr. Yukol said that he was not sure if the vaccine would be effective, as it has been used in Hong Kong during the past six years, but poultry was recently found carrying the bird flu virus. (TNA)
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[Laidback Al]

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Kandal Province map

http://www.canbypublications.com/maps/provkandal.htm

Location of Kandal Stueng District in Kandal Province where the 19 year old individual is from.

[Giuseppe]

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WHO | Avian influenza ? situation in Cambodia

Avian influenza ? situation in Cambodia

12 December 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.
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<cite cite="http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_12_12/en/index.html">WHO | Avian influenza ? situation in Cambodia</cite>

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...mbodia_PP.html

Commentary

H5N1 Case Confirmed Near Phnom Pehn Cambodia
Recombinomics Commentary 12:11
December 12, 2008

The patient became ill with fever, cough, muscle ache and sore throat on 28th November and sought medical attention at local health centres originally on 30th November and again on 2nd December. The patient was identified during surveillance for acute fever illness, a research study conducted in the province and confirmatory testing was done by the National Influenza Centre in Phnom Penh on 11th December.

The patient is currently being treated in Calmette hospital, Phnom Penh.

The above comments describe a confirmed H5N1 case (19M) in Cambodia near Phnom Pehn. Although all prior cases in Cambodia have been fatal, the last confirmed case was in May, 2007, so the relationship of that H5N1 to the current outbreak is unclear, Cambodia has not reported H5N1 in poultry recently.

However, there are five suspect cases in Thailand, on the border with Cambodia (see satellite map). This cluster is about 200 miles north of the confirmed case. Thailand did have a poultry outbreak last month, but that outbreak was in northern Thailand and involved clade 1.
Clade 2.3 (Fujian) has been reported in the area, and that clade has been responsible for most cases in southeast Asia as well as China.

Since the above patient developed symptoms two weeks ago, and there has been no mention of pneumonia, this may be a relatively mild case.

More information on H5N1 in birds in the region as well as the status of the cluster (one patient was from Cambodia) on the Thai/Cambodian border would be useful.


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[HenryN]

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Cambodia reports new H5N1 case

Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer

Dec 12, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that a 19-year-old man from Cambodia has been hospitalized with H5N1 avian influenza, the country's first case in nearly a year and a half.
The man, from Kandal province, got sick on Nov 28 and first sought care from his local health center 2 day later, according to the WHO report. He is now listed as Cambodia's eighth H5N1 case, of which seven have been fatal.
Sok Touch, head of the ministry's communicable diseases department, said the man is in stable condition in a hospital in Calmette, the provincial capital, Reuters reported today. Kandal province is in southern Cambodia, just south of Phnom Penh.
Presence of the H5N1 virus in the man's samples were confirmed yesterday by the National Influenza Centre at the Institut Pasteur in Phnom Penh, the WHO reported.
Officials from Cambodia's health ministry are investigating the source of the man's infection, according to the WHO report. Ly Sovann, a ministry bird flu expert, said the man became ill after handling a sick chicken at his home, the Associated Press reported today.
The health ministry is identifying his contacts and providing them with antiviral prophylaxis, the WHO said.
Cambodia's last H5N1 case was reported in April 2007 when a 13-year-old girl from Kampong Chang province died after poultry deaths were reported in her village and after eating a sick chicken, according to a previous report from the WHO.
The country's latest case raises the WHO's global H5N1 count to 390 cases and 246 deaths.
See also:
Dec 12 WHO statement
Apr 10, 2007, WHO statement
WHO global H5N1 case count

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/dec1208cambodia.html

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Seng Sopheak, infected by H5N1, rests at Calmet hospital in Phnom Penh
13 Dec 2008

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