Vietnam Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases For 2009

Adm: 2/2

Name:

From: Quang Ninh

Hospital:

Sym Onset: 1/28

Recon: Medical Center 1/31

Notes:

Confirmation: positive

DOD: 2/21

Adm: 2/5

Name:

From:

Hospital:

Sym Onset: 2/3

Recon:

Notes:

Confirmation: positive

DOD: 2/25

Adm: 3/16

Name: Tran Cong Phuc (3)

From: Long Phu (Phu Hoa hamlet), Chau Thanh district, Dong Thap

Hospital: Ho Chi Minh City’s Tropical Disease Inst.

Sym Onset: 3/10 sym’s on adm: cough, headache, vomiting, fever

Recon: BVDK SaDec Dong Thap Hospital on 3/14. Sym: fever, cough, breathless

Notes: Ate duck family slaughtered

Confirmation: positive

DOD: 3/19

Adm: 4/21

Name: Pham Thi Hao (23)

From: Thien Phu Commune, Thanh Hoa Province

Hospital:

Sym Onset: 4/15. On adm: serious heart & lung Inf. Put on respirator

Recon:

Notes: chickens died of unknown cause

Confirmation: Positive

DOD: 4/23

Adm: 11/26

Name: Vi Van Minh 23 yo

From: Ward Sam Mun, Dien Bien Phu, Dien Bien Province

Hospital: Dien Bien

Sym Onset: 11/18

Recon: 11/24 - Clinic

Notes: ate duck soup one week before onset. Poultry conf. on 10/21.

Confirmation: Positive

DOD: 11/30

Note: Minh’s Cousin died. Same pathological symptoms. Confirmed positive by Central Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute. Birds from both families positive for H5N1.

Two families of patients died from acute respiratory failure suspected of H5N1 in Luong Van Chua, from Panh mountain village, Thanh Luong commune, and Luong Thi Lau, from Xa Cuong mountain village, Pa Thom commune.