No patients infected with influenza A/H5N1 virus

Tuesday, 03/02/2009 - 8:00 PM
On 3 / 2, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director Department of Health Department of Defense, asserted: "Model's disease patients Vu Nguyen Khac (Vinh Long) suspected influenza A/H5N1 infection was identified as negative. "
Prev on 24 / 1, Mr Nguyen Khac Vu, 32 years old, living at Hamlet Son Dong, Thanh Duc commune, Long Ho, Vinh Long cured with symptoms fever, cough, chest pain.
Two days later, he treated at the Provincial Hospital of Vinh Long. Results X-ray taken showed that patients with signs Vu uncord lungs, just to raise me.

Through identification, he not factor epidemiology as related to exposure to infected poultry, but Pasteur Institute HCMC patients still subject samples tested influenza virus A.
Test results showed that patients are not infected with influenza A/H5N1.

TS Russia also said that, beginning this year to have 2 of the influenza A/H5N1 infection (one in Vinh Long and Bac Giang in both).Both of the tests are negative.

Thus, beginning in 2009 up to now no cases of H5N1 infection is new.
Before the events of influenza A H5N1, the Ministry of Health official has directed the Health Department, Medical Center for the provinces to strengthen surveillance to detect early disease, guiding local the active monitoring of the situation on avian influenza on the established teams and standing against 24/24h, Department of Health and Environment guidance available units implementing measures to prevent outbreaks.