Vietnam: First H5N1 avian influenza and pandemic influenza A/H1N1 appeared together in a community population

[This is NOT a combination of H1N1 & H5N1 within one person. It is a relative of a confirmed H5N1 death, with H1N1 and his poultry have H5N1]


First H5N1 avian influenza and pandemic influenza A/H1N1 appeared together in a community population

Risk associated virus A/H1N1, A/H5N1 is very close to

Wednesday, September 12, 2009 [trans. 12/9/09]

In case of death due to influenza A/H5N1 after eating duck soup more of a young men at Dien Bien on November 30 experts has raised concerns about the ability to match the influenza A/H1N1 virus and influenza A/H5N1 virus are at risk are very close.

"The risk of a combination of influenza virus A/H1N1 and influenza A/H5N1 virus is very close to. Vietnam currently has sufficient condition for this risk becomes reality", Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of central receiving.

Show his outlook given the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Central announced the latest report on the epidemiological investigation in Dien Bien, which is just the latest case of deaths due to H5N1.

Epidemiological investigation showed that: In case of death by eating more duck soup at Dien Bien is positive for influenza A/H5N1 virus. After taking a random sample from their child's case to test the test, the results showed that young cousin's death was due to influenza A/H5N1 influenza A/H1N1 infection.

Continue to check poultry being raised by families of cases of death due to influenza A/H5N1, the results showed: Poultry is also infected with influenza A/H5N1.

"So, the first in Vietnam, the same time, the influenza A/H1N1 and influenza A/H5N1 occurred in a community population, in both human and poultry. Therefore, likely a new strain will come out, the recombinant virus from the second. If this happens, the virus would have spread faster than influenza A/H1N1 virus, while also having a higher pathogenic influenza A/H5N1 virus, "said the sage.

If this risk becomes reality, the health sector will face challenges more heavily. Actually shows that influenza A/H1N1 virus can spread easily in all conditions. Now with influenza A/H5N1, mortality rate in Vietnam as of this moment is 100%!

Currently, the health sector is being implemented to control and closely monitor the disease situation at Dien Bien province in particular, at the same time coordinate with ministries and departments concerned to implement measures to control the back of avian influenza in other localities in the country.

However, in the current situation, this control may not happen as easily as expected. According to a review of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), now many places have not actively implementing measures to prevent disease, lead to bird flu outbreak started emitted.