People Most Indonesian Bird Flu Indonesian cooperation with the United States to "project Tangerang."

[In light of this article, I am also pulling N(4) out of "error category" and reinstating him on my list]

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Edisi 06 Maret 2009

Serang - The bird flu in humans in the world describes India as a country with the most cases of death due to bird flu 2006-2009. "The number of death cases, 79.3 percent were found positive," said Director of Disease Control of Animals brought Rita Kusriastuti Le Dian Hotel in Serang, Banten, yesterday. Since 2005 until January 2009, there are 115 deaths of 141 people exposed to the positive bird flu.

This percentage is a significant increase compared to 2005. That time, cases of death due to bird flu in Indonesia is still under Vietnam. Now death rate in Vietnam was only around 50 percent of positive cases (52 deaths out of 107 positive cases).

According to Rita, the virus is never found in the poultry that died suddenly. According to him, began to spread from the feces of infected poultry virus. "Even the water that menggenanginya also at risk," he said. He was also concerned to dry land in the vicinity of the infected poultry. Land which is the dust that can carry the virus.

Indonesian, said Rita, now entering the period of pandemic alert at phase 3, when infected with the human influenza virus subtipe new. But it has not spread from human to human. This allows the phase of antarmanusia if the relationship is very close. Rita hopes phases in Indonesia do not reach pandemic.

Until February 2009, cases of bird flu has spread to 31 of 33 provinces. and kill 6.5 million poultry. Laboratory examination results show, 77 percent of the 5.1 million specimens positive carry H5N1 virus.

In Indonesia, the region that most cases of bird flu is Tangerang, which so far have recorded 20 positive cases. "This concern," said Deputy Governor Muhammad Banten Masduki yesterday. For the provincial level, Banten in the third sequence after West Java and Jakarta.

Head of the Secretariat Control Pilot Project and Control of Bird Flu Preparedness Facing the Department of Health pandemic influenza Simanjuntak Gindo states, 20 percent of the 4.5 million population at risk of flu Tangerang weight culminate in death if the pandemic occurs. "Three forty persennya (300 thousand people) will die no more than 6 months," he said.

Indonesian cooperation with the United States and Singapore run "Jakarta Project" for handling bird flu during the 3 year project with a value of Rp 44 billion. This area is selected, said Gindo, because of the Tangerang Regency and found many cases of death due to bird flu. "Here, the first cases of bird flu found in humans," he menandaskan. Abdul Manan | Dianing Sari

Bird Flu Facts 2009 *

141 positive bird flu

115 people with bird flu dies

6.5 million birds die

Four victims in West Java

Early January - A, 42 years old, residents Galaxi Estate, Pekayon, Bekasi Selatan, Bekasi.

February 24 - N, 4 years old, residents Pucung Bay, Bekasi Timur, Bekasi.

February 28 - A, 8 years old, residents Sukamantri, Sukaraya, Karang Bahagia, Jakarta.

March 4 - R, 5 years, people Karawang.

* Data from 2005 until February 2009