Showing posts with label duck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label duck. Show all posts

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Vietnam-A/H5N1 flu patient still critical #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

A/H5N1 flu patient still critical(VNA) - With respect to influenza A/H5N1, from the beginning of this year the country has recorded two deaths.
As previously reported, the way 26/2, patients infected with influenza A/H5N1 in Binh Duong is still in critical condition.
Doctor, doctor Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of HCM City Tropical Hospital, said after 9 days of illness and medical treatment in hospitals Vu Cao, Di An Town, 4th Army hospital in Binh Ocean, but the health situation of the patient Truong Phu Son, 22, born in Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province, staying at 8th street, Phu Loi, Thu Dau Mot town, Binh Duong Province has events for the worse. Up to 24/2 patients were transferred to hospital treatment in tropical HCMC and to date 25/2 test results showed that patients infected with influenza AH5N1. Time, patients continue to be treated aggressively in the recovery room of the hospital in an emergency situation a poor prognosis, high fever, respiratory distress.According to doctors, Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau: "The patient is not worse, but still not much improved compared with at admission. Avian influenza is a very high mortality rate. We are trying to treat and complete the engineering and testing, monitoring patient compliance with daily regimens of the Ministry of Health guidelines.
When moving up from lower levels, we have strict isolation of patients, full implementation of biosecurity measures for workers exposed to patients. In case some health workers have close contact with patients, we administered prophylactic. " Upon detecting A/H5N1 flu cases in Binh Duong, height 25/2 leader Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute and Pacific Health Department held a meeting to prevent this disease and to quickly deploy sanitation, poison sterile environment where patients staying at the 12, eight quarters, Phu Loi, Thu Dau Mot town, Binh Duong Province.
Those who had contact with patients recently also been isolated health monitoring. To actively support Pacific prevention of disease, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City just for the health sector in Binh Duong province taminflu 300 members. Identify the source of the disease on to prevent synchronous solutions, Representative HCMC Pasteur Institute offers three hypotheses about sources of infection: One is in Thanh Hoa Province, for the country during Tet, patients with eating duck several times, while Thanh Hoa is the provincial bird flu;
 second in Binh Duong where patients staying in third place at Cu Chi for patients participating in the slaughter and eat ducks Buy at Cu Chi.  http://www.baomoi.com/Home/SucKhoe/vov.vn/Benh-nhan-nhiem-cum-AH5N1-van-nguy-kich/7953364.epi

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Vietnam-Pacific detection of avian influenza infections in humans #H5N2 #BIRDFLU

Sunday, 26.02.2012, 04:26 (GMT 7)

 TT - On 25-2, Truong Van Duc - The Director of Veterinary Binh Duong - validate the model tests showed that patients Phu Truong Son (22 years) positive for influenza A/H5N1.

According to authorities, Son is a free laborer born in Hoang Hoa district (Thanh Hoa), about a year now Son into their home as his uncle Tran Dinh Hau (living in Phu Loi, Thu Dau Mot town Binh Duong). Thin First Year Nham Son home food festival, on the back of Binh Duong 8-2.
According to the patients during their stay at home as well as the time returned many times Binh Duong Son eat chicken, duck and duck.

On 17-2, Son of the disease. Before the disease a few days, Son duck meat purchased from Cu Chi (Vietnam).


23-2 To date, Son was brought into Tropical Diseases Hospital, City of treatment.

* Add 128 hand foot and mouth disease cases in Vietnam in the first eight weeks (from 16 to 22-2), according to the HCM City Department of Health, bringing the total number of cases from January to today to about 600 cases (one death in the District 8), up dozens of times over the same period last year.    http://tuoitre.vn/Chinh-tri-Xa-hoi/479401/Binh-Duong-phat-hien-ca-nhiem-cum-gia-cam-o-nguoi.html

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Vietnam-Imperative to prevent bird flu #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Imperative to prevent bird fluSunday, 02.19.2012, 02:28 (GMT +7)According, the new bird flu outbreak has reduced but the risk of transmission is unavoidable when unusual weather, the transport control at the local poultry is weak, subjective thoughts neglect of local government and raising awareness of good yet ...

 



Veterinary Officer Quang Nam poison spraying, fumigation housing in the province. Photo: Van Dien

Central: Has been translated controlAfter 3 weeks of outbreak, the Quang Tri Province, Ha Tinh has basically controlled the H5N1 flu. Quang Nam province alone appears on the foot and mouth epidemic pigs.
By the way 18-2, H5N1 outbreaks occurred on six consecutive flocks in Quang Tri. Over 85,000 children infected poultry were destroyed. Veterinary science and Quang Tri provinces have concentrated epidemic besieged forces, extinguish the outbreak, organized vaccination of 1 million doses of vaccine for poultry higher risk services. Also, 4.5 tons for emergency chemical disinfection, disinfection and hygiene in the outbreak and the risk of outbreaks. Le Thi Nga, the Director of the Quang Tri Provincial Veterinary Bureau said the bird flu in Quang Tri Province is under control.
On 18-2, Dr. Pham Thanh Binh, the Director of the Veterinary Bureau said Ha Tinh province, by detecting and deploying border measures, the enclosure should prompt stamping out this time of Ha Tinh be successfully controlled the two H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Ky Trinh (Ky Anh District) and Due Cam (Cam Xuyen district). It is known that the total poultry population of Ha Tinh province up to 5.2 million.
However, in 2011 just over no vaccine led to the avian influenza vaccination was not implemented. Ha Tinh province has made a written request to the Government, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for assistance to the province of 2 million doses of vaccine from the national reserve and has been visible support 200,000 doses of vaccine (the vaccine only satisfies 10% of demand). The province is focusing its human resources, facilities implementing vaccination, epidemic control enclosure for poultry in areas 2 Cam Xuyen and Ky Anh District.
On 18-2, Nguyen Thanh Nam - The Director of the Veterinary Department in Quang Nam Province, said veterinary services are working to implement urgent measures to control outbreaks of avian influenza H5N1, not to spread a large scale. Chiem Son outbreak in villages, communes of Duy Trinh (Duy Xuyen district) complicated because people duck on a short river section should offer spread very fast and difficult to control.Duy Xuyen district to now have nearly 11,000 ducks infected with H5N1 flu, which forced the destruction of poultry is imperative that 10,620 children. The outbreak has been veterinary spray disinfection, zoning to limit spread. First A/H5N1 flu epidemic threatens to 4.6 million birds across the province, in which risk is 858,000 ducks, the veterinary staff of Quang Nam province to declare the epidemic over the communes Duy Trinh.
While bird flu outbreaks and complicated, Quang Nam province also appeared status of the disease swine foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the area two Que Son district (18 children), Power Tables ( 43 children) and risk spreading.
 


Vets Trieu Phuoc commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province vaccinated poultry are at risk for H5N1 influenza. Photo: Khoi Nguyen

Can not neglectMorning 18-2, in Hanoi, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat met with members of the National Steering Committee against bird flu, discuss urgent measures to prevent bird flu tends direction spread over large areas. At the meeting, Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Director of Animal Health said avian influenza virus is circulating in the northern, central, central highlands.
For branch virus is circulating in the North, Central Highlands rate protection when vaccine inoculation Re-5 (China) was low, so from early 2011 this vaccine was stopped in the area use the above areas. However, Re-5 vaccine is highly effective in prevention in the South and the amount of reserves is sufficient for the whole region through 2012 should still be used.
The bird flu virus changes at two North - South along with the weather not unusual and the good management of the transportation of poultry outbreaks caused back and the epidemic is increasingly complex. Risk of bird flu spreading across the country, Veterinary procedures continue to import 100 million doses of emergency avian influenza H5N2 vaccine to serve prevention. It is expected to end in February of this vaccine in Vietnam.Previous situation complicated and potentially spread across the board, at the meeting, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat direction: the current time, priority is urgent anti-epidemic, prevent epidemic spread nor subjective negligence in prevention, health protection of people and minimize damage to livestock. Ministers asked the Animal Health Department sampled monitoring bird flu virus circulating in the outbreak as well as other regions across the country, concentrating on the basis of vaccination to control services, and coordinate with local the direction of this work, mobilizing all resources, using all measures to stop the epidemic.
According to the report of the Steering Committee members, from the beginning of the year, bird flu has hit 11 provinces and cities scattered extent. The total number of infected poultry is more than 12,000 children, of which about 5,000 were killed; 34,000 children are destroyed; had 2 deaths from H5N1 influenza infection in Kien Giang and Soc Trang.
Commenting on the epidemic in the near future, representatives of the Animal Health Department said the new outbreak has reduced but the risk of transmission is unavoidable when the weather is unusual, the control of the transport of held at the local level is weak, subjective thoughts neglect of local government and raising awareness of not good, local places to keep it secret services, who also eat livestock and poultry fall sick or die. These factors prevent bird flu spread easily ...

The most dangerous influenza A/H5N1
The Health Ministry said Vietnam has recently reported the first patient infected with influenza A/H3N2 swine influenza A/H5N1 but is now spreading from poultry and aquatic birds to humans is the most frightening and fear. Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of Tropical Diseases Hospital National said A/H3N2 flu virus originated from pigs, although new, but not dangerous, usually the normal seasonal influenza. Therefore, most patients infected with influenza A/H3N2 were quickly cured when treated promptly.
So far, the world discovered about 10 cases of H3N2 swine flu strain and found no evidence of spread from person to person.
Dr Nguyen Van Kinh warning, danger and concern remains the most A/H5N1 flu spread from birds to humans. Through surveillance showed that H5N1 avian influenza is reported in 11 provinces throughout the country with tens of thousands of chickens, ducks sick. In particular, professional bodies continue to detect the water birds are breeding herds, sold in many places but have no signs or symptoms of H5N1 flu virus, but still. So this is the biggest threat.
Moreover, in the type of human flu, influenza A/H5N1 viruses have the most virulent, fast movements and high mortality risk. Within 2 months of the year, the country recorded two cases of influenza A/H5N1 they all die quickly after infection.
Dr. Tran Thanh Duong, deputy director of the Department of Preventive Medicine said the A/H5N1 flu spread from birds, waterfowl infected with A/H5N1 flu virus to humans is strongly virulent virus, the mortality rate is very high.
At this point, the death rate from influenza A/H5N1 in humans is 100% of cases were detected. In addition, current flu vaccines are being used in Vietnam is only common flu as influenza A (H3N1, H3N2, H1N1) and no influenza A/H5N1 vaccine in humans.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Tangerang Bird Flu Patient tied to dead duck #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Patient Suspect Bird Flu Tangerang District Hospital Isolation Room Sign
  - Okezone
 Saturday, January 21, 2012 19:02 pm
 ) Tangerang. JAKARTA - As a result of high fever and shortness of breath, Rohman (18) residents Mekarsari, Panongan, Tangerang regency, was rushed to the installation of bird flu Regional General Hospital (Hospital) Tangerang.

  Based on information gathered Okezone, Rohman previously treated at one private hospital in Tangerang, but look at the symptoms that befell this young man, the hospital referred to hospitals.

  "The patient came in at 13:45 pm with symptoms of high fever, and shortness of breath. We immediately provide assisted respiration and take action," said Director of Hospital, Mamahit, Saturday (01/21/2012).

  According Mamahit, Rohman had a fever since the six days ago. New on Wednesday (18 / 1), have a voice disorder, and severe shortness of breath.  Before he was taken to the hospital, Rohman will take medicine from the stall but his condition worsened.

  Meanwhile, Head of Public Relations RSU Tangerang, Achmad Muchlis stated that the patient is currently still a suspect bird flu because laboratory tests are done the results will be known next two days.  Currently the patient is placed a special room.

  From the description of the patient's family at the hospital, before Rohman exposed to high fever, one Rohman pet duck dies. 
  "When viewed from the history Rohman likely contracted the bird flu virus could have occurred, when viewed from the symptoms, namely high fever, shortness of breath, and cough and cold, it resembles a bird flu virus," he said. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=id&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://news.okezone.com/read/2012/01/21/338/561295/pasien-suspect-flu-burung-masuk-ruang-isolasi-rsud-tangerang&usg=ALkJrhg_pm-7kd27ymCaTw64W5--vfU73A