Child suspect Bird Flu

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Monday, 02-03-2009

Maros, BKM - Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, and Marine Maros District 64 head back to destroy the property of residents in the poultry Tamarampung, Kelurahan Bontoa, Mandai District, last week. Destruction is carried out following a finding of a local citizen suspect (suspect) bird flu.


Officer team and the response fast tracking bird flu or Survelance and Participatory Disease Response (PDSR) DKP Maros, Isdarjid Madjid, BKM confirmed when the work space, last week, said his side had found Nur Fadillah (7), the patient suspect bird flu in area.

Yesterday''we get reports of people who suspect bird flu. Therefore, we have begun the destruction of poultry in Mandai District,''he said.

Information from Muan father Amin Nur Fadillah, some time ago there are dead birds belonging to neighbors of a sudden. After that, her son fell ill in a fever over 38 degrees centigrade. Feeling suspicious, immediately contact the Department of Health and Animal Husbandry.

Isdarjid add, have reviewed some of the birds in the surrounding residential Nur Fadillah. Some tails of which have a positive H5N1. But not yet known exactly why Nur Fadillah to death with this disease. The victim does not have their own poultry.

Isdarjid suspicious if the virus is spread through poultry carcass which destroyed one month ago. The location of the destruction that only poultry separate from one village location this time. Just enough to remind, at the end of January 2009, the Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Marine has 79 poultry destroy the property of residents in the Hamlet Bado-bado, Bajimange Village. Kecamatan Mandai, because finding a kid Ansar (5) suspect bird flu.

Location''events that are separated only Hasanuddin village. Likely to have a dog eating the dead birds have been destroyed. We estimate such as that, because the distance is very close, only one village diantarai's previous location,'' sebutnya.

The team of bird flu Maros District Health Office, H Andi Reza Ali, said his side has been referred to hospitals Nur Fadillah Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar, after the previous inspection conducted in the intensive Nur Fadillah.

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We have examined him, by reconciling several signs suspect bird flu, we then decided to reconcile him to Makassar. Because in Maros did not yet have the completeness of the handling of bird flu, he explained. Although signs of the health of Nur Fadillah referred in suspect bird flu, but Reza Ali hoped results will be later negative after being checked in a manner gave details. That was previous also (Ansar, Red) results of the negative. Now we hoped was like this, he said.