Recombinomics: Additional H5N1 Spread Near Dhaka Bangladesh

Commentary

Additional H5N1 Spread Near Dhaka Bangladesh
Recombinomics Commentary 12:48
December 17, 2008

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in Bangladesh reports H5N1 updates on its website. The December 16 update has one additional outbreak since the December 13 update, and that outbreak is in Gazipur, which is just north of Dhaka (see satellite map). This is the fourth outbreak in or around Dhaka this month and supports media reports of H5N1 in multiple locations in Bangladesh. Earlier this month there were two outbreaks in Rangpur in northern Bangladesh, close to outbreaks in western Assam or Malda, a border town in West Bengal.

H5N1 spread rapidly in Malda and is likely to cause additional outbreaks in Bangladesh. The large number of outbreaks and rapid spread in Assam, West Bengal, and Bangladesh, suggest additional outbreaks are likely.

Last season a child in Dhaka was H5N1 confirmed. In Malda, villagers and dogs are eating the H5N1 positive birds, raising concerns of additional spread to mammals, in addition to the spread to large numbers of dead crows in Malda.
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