Thursday, January 8, 2009

Vietnam: Ms. patients infected with H5N1 death not due to flu?

23:01 '08/01/2009 (GMT +7)
- Hemp patients Bui Thi Thao, 8 years old Thanh Hoa is determined A/H5N1 flu infection death after eating poultry meat. There has not determined the cause of this death.

On 8 / 1, Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, said Thanh Hoa, Bui Thi patients Trade 13 years old (she is the daughter of patient Thao) deaths are due to hospital too late.

The patient was sick from 29/12/2008, the family self-treatment. Due to the serious disease on 2/1/2009, bringing new families to commune clinics. Here is usually diagnosed inflammatory bowel excess and transferred to the district hospital on 3/1/2009.

Patients hospitalized in the state colic dội data, the liquid, symptoms of severe cold. While the doctors are concentrated emergency patients are detected most often think the hearse and death after a hospitalization. Symptoms of the patient does not clearly indicate respiratory failure, only on the incline, chill. Maybe, the cause of death has declined due to the increase.


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Currently, patients infected with influenza A/H5N1 Thao is being treated at the General Hospital in Thanh Hoa province aware of the situation, of fever, dry than breathing.

On this case, TS. Nguyen Huy Nga, Department Chief of Department of Health and Environment (Ministry of Health) said the patient died quickly by many causes. For patients Trade, the time of death can be the same for random and not related to influenza A/H5N1.

Talking to the press on 8 / 1, Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene epidemiology Central said: "Immediately after the test results patients Bui Thi Thao in Thanh Hoa positive for influenza A virus / H5N1, sanitation Institute epidemiological Central sent a delegation of officials to investigate the disease. Through investigation epidemiology study showed that, since early this month to 12/2008, 6 / 12 villages in the commune began to appear sick poultry died scattered. The birds have died but a series of people not reporting government agencies and local animal health. "

Mr. Show more information, most of the sick birds are dead locals slaughter as food. At the family's niece this (you Thao - PV), before the start of the first symptoms of 8 days, poultry family were sick.

Family did eat meat and some birds were sick this. Therefore, the people of, not inform the veterinary and local authorities when outbreaks in poultry and while slaughter sick birds / dead and eat is as causes for infected with avian influenza virus A/H5N1.

"If this still continues, could lead to the springiness of rapid outbreak of influenza A/H5N1 on a large scale" - Dr. Hien said.


Institute of Sanitary epidemiological Central collaborated with Center YTDP Thanh Hoa province, and local medical conduct epidemiological investigation and sample testing identified influenza A/H5N1 virus for a total of 37 people are exposed to intimate patients, including the mother, grandmother, neighbor of patients, medical staff direct examination, treatment and patient care, and patients are manifesting suspect.

Fortunately, the results of tests of hygiene epidemiology Central is offering all forms this disease are negative for influenza A/H5N1 virus.


The results of research monitoring of influenza A/H5N1 virus vaccine during a recent Institute of Hygiene central epidemiology shows that avian influenza virus A/H5N1 vaccine is causing the disease are in the high.

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