Boy triggers bird flu alert

 

2012-06-03 09:54

SOUTH China's Guangdong province is on high alert after a Hong Kong hospital confirmed it has admitted a two-year-old boy infected with the H5 strain of avian influenza.

The boy was taken to hospital on May 28 after arriving from Guangdong's capital city of Guangzhou. He tested positive for the H5 strain.

He was confirmed to have been in contact with a live duck between May 17 and 19 at a farmer's market in Guangzhou. However, tests conducted at the market, those nearby and a hospital in Guangzhou that admitted the boy, found no signs of H5, said He Jianfeng, director of the Epidemic Studies Institute of the Guangdong Disease Control Center.
He said the province has launched an avian influenza response plan.

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VARIOUS HK #birdflu reports

Agriculture Department of Guangdong Province: The province is not highly pathogenic avian influenza

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DOH delaying suspect due out in force to send Dr Lam Ping-yan

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Epidemic prevention sing the most worrisome empty city unresponsive

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..Back to his hometown in Anhui Province to Hong Kong immigration procedures. Back to Guangzhou, May 23, the boy developed a fever that day to Children's Hospital of Guangzhou City doctor, Second Hospital of Zhongshan on the 24th to the out-patient services. May 26, the boy returned to Hong Kong, the occurrence of seizures...

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Dyed bird Tong brain edema disease turn serious #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

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Guangzhou Haizhu District, South Park Avenue, downtown near his home in the infected boy, poor sanitary conditions of last night cleaning the streets of large plumbing.


The agency June 3 / silence two years of bird flu re-emerged in Hong Kong, confirmed the two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza continue to accept the isolation and treatment of infectious disease center at Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday, the situation from last night stable to serious, magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the boy obstructive cerebral edema.

 Centre for Health Protection has expanded the boys of the tracking range of contacts, in addition to the boys' parents, two clinic nurses and one went to the clinic seeking treatment need to go to Princess Margaret Hospital for examination, the center also track the boy had been admitted to Caritas Medical Centre to understand that hospital care and ambulancemen more than 80 people infected.Ming Pao reported that the Food and Health York Chow yesterday morning presided over a cross-sectoral avian influenza Steering Committee meeting, said after the government has started a serious response level of influenza pandemic contingency plan, a series of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Zhou said that the infected boy is a local resident, have a residential address in Hong Kong. On 23 January in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou home fever, runny nose, after returning from medical treatment at private clinics, followed by cramps on the 28th to the Accident and Emergency Department of Caritas Medical Centre for treatment and admitted to hospital on the same day, a quick test and the kinds of bacteria confirmed the diagnosis avian influenza, and transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital Intensive Care Unit.Children with mother's Guangzhou market to buy duckXinhua quoted He Jianfeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Epidemiology Institute, said the center received the Hong Kong Department of Health informed the day before yesterday, refers to the boy who lives in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, after receiving the information has been in contact with the boys family, his parents in Hong Kong The father is a Hong Kong people, the mother is from Anhui. Boy the week before onset (May 17 to 19), his mother had to take him to the Haizhu District, South Park Street Market, bought over a Tang ducks, so the boys have a history of poultry exposure.Ho said that the boy's mother back to Anhui to do the immigration card in 20 to 22, 23 Guangdong see boys fever, took him to Children's Hospital of Guangzhou City for treatment the boy of 26, returned to Hong Kong after the cramps suspected suffering from encephalitis, confirmed the H5 avian influenza.Had treatment "Tianyi" nurses are symptoms of a false alarmHong Kong Centre for Health Protection, said the boys' parents were asymptomatic nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were negative, showing the bird flu virus risk is minimal.The boy had attendances located near Prince Edward MTR Station, 748 Nathan Road, Ground Floor of the Sky clinics, two health care clinics and one patient had symptoms of respiratory infection, but samples of the three people were influenza A H5 negative. The clinic yesterday as usual, the nurses on a reporter's question to answer is not clear.Dr Chow said, whether it is in Shenzhen earlier cases of human infection or the AFCD dead bird testing about 20 samples, DNA arrangement there is no major gene changes, I believe that this number of cases is also transmitted from poultry. The Government hope that the study find boys routes of infection, with the Guangdong health authorities to a higher understanding of when and where the possibility of infection to determine the source before deciding on the scope of virus control.Dr Chow: gene variation should be avian-human transmissionDr Chow said the boy sick immigrants but served antipyretics, so border crossings may not be detected in the body temperature test. He said that the daily temperature checks will detect 10-20 high body temperature of passengers returning from overseas, Hong Kong people, border officers will check whether they are particularly medical records, including whether contact with poultry, or from special infectious diseases places. The majority of patients if no special symptoms, will be treated as normal influenza, requiring them to seek medical treatment immediately and seek care.The microbiologist cases of avian flu occurred in May and June, relatively rare, but Dr Chow said in recent years, a maximum of avian flu cases is hot in Indonesia and Egypt, Vietnam recently also the case, I believe that no direct relationship with the season. He said cases of human infection cases not directly related to temporary and poultry, it is temporary there is no need to the mainland for Hong Kong chicken farms to take measures.

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26 close contacts of the boy had no flu-like symptoms

..26 close contacts no exception Jianfeng introduced, in accordance with the plan of the avian flu disease control departments of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, the CDC and the Haizhu District Center for Disease Control yesterday grouping, the boys' family, living quarters, been markets and surrounding markets, have been to hospitals and other places epidemiological investigation, no abnormal. Disease control departments have also analyzed the recent Avian Influenza Surveillance in Guangdong, and found no cases of avian influenza, pneumonia of unknown causes monitoring did not received the report. The boy's close contact with 26 people, including their families, admissions, such as doctors, are not found to have fever and other flu-like symptoms. For those in close contact with the disease control department will continue the monitoring of health status.
Do not rule out a separate case "Although the boys before the onset of live poultry exposure history, it can not determine in the markets of South Park Avenue to buy duck infected, the source of the boy's virus also further investigation." Jianfeng said that, in addition, contact with the boy with suspicious symptoms, do not rule out that he was only a single case has not yet been found.

South Park Market is not avian influenza, chicken stalls open for business.

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W.H.O. Informed of HK boy

... The Government has been to the World Health Organization, the health sector in the Mainland inspection and quarantine departments informed of the case.Hong Kong University infection and infectious disease center, director of Ho Pak-leung said the past few years, from bird-human transmission of avian influenza in the Mainland and Hong Kong are generally in the winter, it is rare in May and June. But difficult to human to human transmission of avian flu at this stage, we should not speculate on whether the virus variants.
Boys' whereaboutsHis mother took him to been to AnhuiMay 17 to 19: the boys' mother with a live ducks bought in Guangzhou, a market, on-site slaughter, had a history of exposure of birds
May 20 to 22: the boys' mother back to Anhui to do immigration card
May 23 to 25: Back to Guangzhou, the boy developed a fever and runny nose, to the Guangzhou Children's Hospital doctor
May 26: to Hong Kong in Mong Kok Tian private clinics for treatment
May 28: convulsion symptoms, went to the Caritas hospital emergency department for treatment
June 2: Princess Margaret Hospital for intensive care treatment and diagnosis of infection with H5N1 influenza....
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HK child possibly infected in Anhui #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

According to this story...The boy went with his mother to Anhui, Which is where he is now suspected of being infected He also attended a party for grandma's birthday.

  Quarantine officers of chicken stalls sampling

 。 [Cross-strait group of reporters] owned the two-year-old boy of the right of abode in Hong Kong infected with H5N1 avian influenza in the mainland came to Hong Kong, the authorities are still tracing the source of infection.  The reporter to Guangzhou pursued noted that the boy's mother late last month, bring the boys return to the Anhui home to apply to Hong Kong documents, suspect that the boy was infected with the virus in Anhui Province, but the news is yet to be confirmed.  Guangzhou Health and Quarantine Bureau yesterday sent to the investigation of boys' home near downtown seized chicken samples, and to strengthen the decontamination work, but the two ports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen yesterday there is no step up inspection measures.

Guangdong Provincial Health Department said, believe that the individual cases, not an outbreak.
  Haizhu District, Guangzhou informed sources, two years old infected boy last month, twenty to 22, and Wang mother had returned home Anhui, due to the king must apply for the certificates of arrivals during the boy suspected of having contact with poultry in the local after the mother and son returned to Guangzhou, the boy began to appear infected with influenza symptoms, but his mother and live-in grandmother, not as intended.  Boys after their mother's to celebrate grandmother birthday finally confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong was removed, seek medical attention.

    The public via the Lo Wu returned to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Hong Kong is no enhance detection of temperature measures. （。 Guangzhou Haizhu District, the boy and his mother and grandmother living unit yesterday, the health personnel to the scene to conduct a thorough disinfection, the boys' grandmother also need to accept the blood tests...  more at link on stall testing and dirty conditions..

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Hong Kong H5N1 report

Avian invasion of another child deterioration

The deadly bird flu kill bury the body!
Nagai confirmed as infected with avian flu two years old Hong Kong boy was confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 virus, the condition is worsened by the Communicable Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital isolation ward, transferred to the intensive care unit in serious condition, magnetic resonance obstructive cerebral edema.

。 Boys before onset of symptoms to contact ducks live poultry market in Guangzhou, the authorities still looking for the boy to the source of infection. 。 Experts of microbial-human transmission of avian influenza cases in May and June, were rare, and the virus will invade children and adults infected mortality more than half, and urged the public to be vigilant.

The boy and his parents and grandmother live in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Food and Health Secretary York Chow said the boy was sometimes followed his mother to buy food to the markets of Guangzhou, had gone to the local live poultry markets, the need to further investigate whether contact with live poultry or other source of infection.

The boy's parents are now available at the Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation, Mong Kok, private clinics, two health care workers and patients with one to the clinic seeking treatment of influenza A H5 virus tests were negative.
Incidence due to the boy came to Hong Kong, the cases classified as imported cases of viral gene sequencing will be completed within the CHP few days to a week, whether variants in the investigation virus. The boys in Guangzhou residence within 13 km radius supplied to Hong Kong live poultry farms, they will not affect the movement of live poultry supplied to Hong Kong, authorities known to the Mainland inspection and quarantine departments of this case.

Boy fever still bypass the detection at ports, Dr Chow explained that the boys are taking antipyretics, therefore may not be monitored, and the current daily ten to twenty passengers or the people of Hong Kong measured high temperature, such as they have no special symptoms, when influenza deal with infectious diseases is not just the temperature detection.

Dr York Chow, underestimate the seriousness of

He stressed that the No successor signs of individual cases is difficult to say whether avian influenza outbreak in Guangdong Province,. He added that although in the past occurred more frequently in the winter avian influenza virus, but human cases may not have a direct relationship with the seasons.
Successor cases of avian influenza in the Mainland in recent years, multi-occurred in December to February of this case in May and June appear rare circumstances, director of the Hong Kong infection and the Center for Infectious Diseases, Ho Pak-leung said. He pointed out that infection with avian influenza, whether children or adults, also have the opportunity to serious complications, the mortality rate of more than half.

As to whether there will be a large outbreak, the key is that the virus is completely poultry virus, or variant, resulting from person to person. He also pointed out that in December last year, a Mainland men infected with avian influenza virus in Shenzhen, unfortunately died, but the route of infection is unknown, coupled with frequent contacts between Hong Kong and frequently to the Mainland of the public to maintain personal hygiene, the children return to the Mainland should not take them from contact with birds or to the wet market.

Human cases of avian influenza, the general invasion of the lungs, causing pneumonia, this disease the boy was the virus from entering the brain, infectious disease specialist Lo Wing-lok, avian flu may invade the different organs, which is more common to invasion of the respiratory tract, there the opportunity to enter the spinal cord, thereby affecting the brain, patients may need surgery to reduce brain pressure.
Hotline set up by the CHP should this avian flu cases as of 4 pm yesterday, received six public inquiries.

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Avian influenza Tong cerebral edema is a serious condition #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

2012-06-03CDC staff yesterday to Jiangnan East integrated market, the inspection of live chickens and poultry traders whether infected.
(Roundup) (Sing Tao Daily reports) are living in Guangzhou, diagnosed two years old infected with the H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong Tong yesterday condition worsened obstructive cerebral edema in serious condition. It is understood that one week before the boy disease had traveled to Guangzhou South Park Avenue, Jiangnan East market contact ducks, they had their mother to Anhui, authorities are tracking the source of infection. Children with parents, three related clinics, nurses and patients were not stained avian flu, authorities believe that human-to-human transmission to an insignificant risk. The supply of live chickens in Hong Kong temporarily unaffected.
Found in Hong Kong confirmed cases of H5N1 avian influenza, the Food and Health Bureau yesterday in conjunction with the Department of Health, Hospital Authority, FEHD and AFCD, convened the meeting of the influenza pandemic contingency plan for high alert, including stepped up inspection and imported live poultry inspection of local farms and collect samples for testing; hospital has implemented a series of strengthening the monitoring and infection control measures.
The two-year-old boy living with his parents in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Hong Kong residents, a fever and runny nose on the 23rd last month on the 26th of the same month in Hong Kong, to Mongkok Tianyi clinics for treatment, 28 again admitted to Caritas Medical Centre last night transferred to the Communicable Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation and diagnosed with H5N1 influenza. Children with yesterday deterioration, magnetic resonance obstructive cerebral edema, now in intensive care in hospital in serious condition.
FHB Secretary York Chow said yesterday that, the child with his mother to live poultry markets in the Mainland. Know that last month he went to South Park Avenue, Jiangnan East market, during the boy's mother bought a ducks there, that is, the field of slaughter, I believe that the boy was in contact with bird duck.

The message refers to Children with also 20 to 22 last month, following the Anhui Ji mother returned to Anhui to handle one-way permit, and then back to Guangzhou, and then on the 26th to celebrate grandmother birthday. Authorities to the newspaper confirmed notice to Anhui Children with the source of infection what CHP is conducting epidemiological investigation to identify Children with the source of infection, mode of transmission.
Dr Chow also pointed out that Children with to Hong Kong before symptoms believed to be imported cases, but the source remains to be tracing to be determined to Children with by the source of infection, the 13 km radius of the source as import control district, to suspend imports the area of ​​live poultry and poultry products 21. "(The authorities) to understand clearly higher in the day or where the possibility of infection, we need to determine the source, in order to make a decision on the virus control range.
The authorities had arranged to be isolated for observation with the Children with their parents do not have any symptoms, the duo's nasopharyngeal aspirate specimen test was negative for the H5N1 virus.

Children with have sought medical treatment, Mong Kok, the Tianyi clinics two 29-year-old, and 31-year-old female nurse, and a 25-year-old female patient waiting in the clinic on the same day, had a runny nose and cough upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, the day before was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital for examination also confirmed that the H5N1 negative reaction has been discharged.
Dr Chow stressed that human cases yet to see signs of human-to-human transmission, Children with near his home in Guangzhou within 13 km radius, there is no supply to Hong Kong's live poultry farms, and not directly related to temporary poultry supplied to Hong Kong, necessary at this stage Mainland live poultry imports is prohibited. Questioned the port of entry unable to detect Children with fever, Zhou explained that the boy entry of illness, but are taking antipyretics.http://news.sina.com.hk/news/5/1/1/2680601/1.html

Guangdong on alert after Hong Kong bird flu case

Source: XINHUA | 2012-6-2

GUANGZHOU, June 2 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong province is on high alert after a Hong Kong hospital confirmed that it has admitted a two-year-old boy infected with the H5 strain of avian influenza.

The boy was admitted to a Hong Kong hospital on May 28 with convulsions after arriving from Guangdong's capital city of Guangzhou. He tested positive for the H5 strain.

The boy was confirmed to have been in contact with a live duck between May 17 and 19 at a farmer's market in Guangzhou. However, tests conducted at the market and surrounding markets, as well as a hospital in Zhuangzhou that had admitted the boy, found no signs of a bird flu outbreak, said He Jianfeng, director of the Epidemic Studies Institute of the Guangdong Disease Control Center.

He said the province has launched an avian influenza response plan and is keeping track of the whereabouts of those who were in close contact with the child, as well as monitoring their health.

None of the people in contact with the child had exhibited abnormalities as of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, He said.

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Bird flu boy in serious condition

03-06-2012

The Centre for Health Protection has said a two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus is now in serious condition in hospital. However, the Health Secretary, York Chow, has described the case as an isolated incident, and urged the public not to panic. Dr Chow said the boy was a Hong Kong ID card holder who lived with his parents in Guangzhou. He said he had been to poultry markets in the city - but experts could not be sure where he had caught the virus. Dr Chow said a renewed ban on live poultry ban from the mainland was unlikely, although officials would remain vigilant http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/news.htm?hightlight&20120603&56&844941

Boy Confirmed with Bird Flu in Hong Kong

2012-06-02 23:14:03

Hong Kong health authority said on Saturday that a two-year-old boy has been confirmed with H5N1 Influenza A and urged the public not to panic. The Center for Health Protection said the boy's condition has changed from stable to serious after testing positive for the deadly avian influenza, while his parents' tests for influenza were negative. "The boy's parents are all along asymptomatic, which means that the chance of a human-to-human transmission is slim," said a spokesman of the center in a statement. The boy was put to intensive care treatment while his parents were in quarantine in the same hospital. A native of China's southern city of Guangzhou, the boy went to Hong Kong with his family on May 26 to seek medical treatment after running a fever for weeks. After reporting the influenza case, the city government raised its bird flu alert level to "serious" and tightened control on live chickens imports, and strengthened supervision of local farms and markets. The authority has intensified disease monitoring and infection control in public hospitals. Hospital staff will keep close watch over visiting patients and enforce triage assessment and appropriate segregation at waiting areas in line with clinical guidelines. Besides, all 30 local chicken farms will be inspected within two days to ensure that their chickens are healthy and biosecurity and health measures are followed strictly. The Center for Food Safety has contacted with its mainland counterparts in search of the infection source. Once the source is located, an area within 13 km radius will be declared an import control zone. Imports of live poultry and poultry products will be suspended for 21 days in the zone. "At the moment, it is an isolated case. We feel that there is no need for panic among Hong Kong citizens," said York Chow, the Secretary for Food and Health of the city government, while addressing media earlier in the day http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/06/02/3141s703570.htm

Outgoing H5 influenza in Hong Kong to travel abroad should be noted that

 2012-06-02 16:47:30

in Hong Kong came one cases of H5 influenza infections, the patient was a 2-year-old boy living in Guangdong Province, mainland China, Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control in addition to understanding the overall situation continued close monitoring has been directed to accredited to the international airport and port staff, with immediate effect to strengthen airport passenger fever screening and Birds history of exposure to survey influenza-like symptoms and Birds of a history of exposure visitor arrivals from Hong Kong and Macao, quarantine officers collected samples for examination; departing passengers to inform this epidemic information, and to remind abroad should be noted that during the health protection measures.

Further, any Medical Center clinic physician in case of suspected patients for treatment, should pay particular attention to their travel and contact history, and immediately communicated to the Health authorities. CDC special appeal to local businesspeople, and plans to the passengers, should observe good personal hygiene to strengthen wash their hands and other self-defense, do not touch or pick up the birds to avoid infection.
 Previous last one cases of H5N1 influenza to determine the cases occurred in November 2010; last one cases of mainland China for the cases of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, in January of this year, Guangdong Province, the last one cases of the disease in December last year. Since 2003 the global total of 15 confirmed 604 cases of H5N1 influenza (357 deaths), Mainland China accumulated diagnosed 42 cases (28 deaths).

CDC particularly urged the public to go abroad for business, tourism or visiting relatives, especially when they go to the spread of avian flu in the region, should observe good personal hygiene, strengthen self-protection, consumption of chicken, ducks, geese (including eggs) should pay attention to the fully cooked avoid contact with or pick up the birds. Repatriation, such as fever or flu-like symptoms, seek quarantine officers to assist the airport, if returned home after feeling unwell, should wear face masks as soon as possible for medical treatment, and physician on the travel and contact history to facilitate diagnosis and treatment. The clinicians If suspected H5N1 influenza cases, in line informed of the conditions should be informed within 24 hours of health units

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Confirm the boy of avian flu in Hong Kong markets in Guangzhou, contact ducks #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

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Assessment), according to the news of Hong Kong, a two-year-old boy was infected with avian influenza after returning from Guangdong.At 17:30 on the 2nd, He Jianfeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Epidemiology Institute told Xinhua, is currently being carried out in accordance with the avian flu in Guangdong plans epidemiological investigation, the investigation is ongoing.



He Jianfeng, the Guangdong received the notification of the Department of Health in the 1st, 2-year-old boy who lives in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 23 Day onset to return to Hong Kong, 26, was hospitalized on the 28th, the inspection found that the influenza A (H5)-positive.



Receiving the information, and the boy's family, more communication, the boy's parents are in Hong Kong, his father was a Hong Kong people, my mother is from Anhui in Guangdong before the onset of one week, my mother had children been to the vegetable market of Haizhu District, South Park Avenue, Hong Kong, tells us that the boys' mother bought a ducks in the market, on-site slaughter, had a history of exposure of birds about 17 to 19 20 to 22, she returned to Anhui Office of the immigration card, 23 in Guangdong, the child developed fever, to the Guangzhou Children's Hospital to see a doctor.



boy back to Hong Kong on the 26th, children seizures situation, the first suspicions of brain inflammation, the Hong Kong side after sampling found H5 positive. "he said.

Jianfeng said: "after receiving the information, we promptly of avian flu in Guangdong plan to carry out the epidemiological survey of the province, city, district, and separately to the patient's family, been to the market and surrounding markets, been to the hospital to carry out the popular disease investigation, analysis of the recent avian Influenza Surveillance in Guangdong, and found no cases of avian influenza H5 positive results, unexplained pneumonia monitoring have not received a report at present. "As of press interviews, Jianfeng said in accordance with the plan to carry out related work. Is now investigating the possible close contacts, and their health status monitoring, current monitoring is not done, as of 17:30 found no abnormal symptoms.

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Confirmation of avian influenza boy contact with ducks vegetable market in Guangzhou

 6 /2/ 2012, Day 8:27 p.m.
 message, a two-year-old boy returned to Hong Kong from Guangdong infected with avian influenza.

Xinhua reported that at 17:30 on the 2nd, He Jianfeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Epidemiology Institute, said that is currently being carried out in accordance with the avian flu in Guangdong plans epidemiological investigation, the investigation is ongoing.

He Jianfeng, the Guangdong received the notification of the Department of Health in the 1st, 2-year-old boy who lives in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 23 Day onset to return to Hong Kong, 26, was hospitalized on the 28th, the test showed that influenza A influenza A (H5) positive .

It is reported that the boy's parents are in Hong Kong, his father in Hong Kong, my mother is from Anhui. In Guangdong before the onset of one week, my mother had the children been to the markets of South Park Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Hong Kong news that the boys' mother bought a live ducks in the market live slaughter, had a history of exposure of birds.
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Two years old child confirmed dye H5N1 in serious condition

Two years old child confirmed dye H5N1 in serious conditionGuangdong Province returning two-year-old boy confirmed to have contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, currently in intensive care at Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the boy to Obstructive brain edema, is to further investigate the cause of. Refers to the Food and Health Secretary York Chow, the boy developed symptoms before coming to Hong Kong, the case of imported cases, and no human to human transmission.
Centre for Health Protection afternoon announced the receipt of the latest test results determined that the boy was infected with Influenza A (H5N1). The preliminary investigation revealed that the boy visited a live poultry market in Guangzhou in mid-May.The center refers to the boy in Guangdong Province on May 23 with fever and runny nose, on the 26th Hong Kong Mongkok Tianyi clinics for treatment. Cramps, on the 28th to the Caritas Hospital Accident and Emergency Department and admitted to hospital on the same day, after the diagnosis of avian influenza.
Center spokesman said the boys' parents have no symptoms, there was little chance of human-to-human transmission. The boys' parents, Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation, nasopharyngeal aspirate specimen tested negative. Two private clinics, medical staff, and another to the clinic for treatment of patients samples were negative for influenza A (H5). As of 16:00 So far, the CHP's hotline (21251111) received a total of six public inquiries.Grandmother and parents long after the boy born in Hong Kong Inland in disease living in Haizhu District, Guangzhou South Park Avenue, near a live poultry market, but no farm boy occasionally with his mother to the market to buy.Dr Chow said the CHP is investigating the boy had contact with poultry, to find the source of infection and mode of transmission of the boy.
In response to this case, the government has started a serious response level of influenza pandemic contingency plan, the HA by the hospital has activated the "Serious Response Level.Dr Chow morning presided over the inter-departmental steering committee meeting to follow up cases and review of preventive measures against avian influenza in Hong Kong. The members of the inter-departmental meeting, including representatives from the Department of Health, Hospital Authority (HA), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Fishing and Conservation Department).
Dr Chow said the Government had launched the Serious Response Level. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, inter-departmental working group decided according to the severity level of the contingency plan, to take a series of corresponding measures. The FEHD will step up inspections of public market stalls and fresh provision shops to ensure that live poultry retail outlets to comply with the market of live chickens Nissin "requirements, and step up cleansing and disinfection.
AFCD will conduct frequent inspections of 30 farms in the next two days and collected samples for avian influenza tests to determine the local farms, the health of chickens under normal circumstances, and to ensure that the chicken farmers to strictly comply with the biosecurity and hygiene measures.

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Video: two-year-old boy in Hong Kong infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus in Guangzhou

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Toddler tests positive for bird flu in HK, 1st human case in 18 months

    HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong health authorities on Saturday urged the public not to panic after the southern Chinese city reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months in a two-year-old boy.
Authorities said the Chinese boy was in serious condition after testing positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza and the city had raised the bird flu alert level to 'serious' as well as increasing checks on live chickens imports.
The boy lives in the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong but came to seek treatment in Hong Kong on May 26.
'The boy's parents are all along asymptomatic, which means the chance of a human-to-human transmission is slim,' a spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection said in a statement. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_806334.html

Hong Kong confirms boy, 2, sick with bird flu

 

Hong Kong confirmed he contracted the AH5 strain of bird flu and placed hospitals in the Chinese territory on alert.

News Desk  June 2, 2012 07:49
Hong Kong confirmed a 2-year-old boy had contracted bird flu and placed hospitals in the Chinese territory on alert on Saturday.
However, Hong Kong Health Secretary York Chow — cited by RTHK — described the case as an isolated incident and urged the public not to panic.
The boy — a Hong Kong ID card holder — arrived from the southern Chinese city of Guangdong, where he lives, a week ago and was admitted to hospital with convulsions.
The Centre for Health Protection said he had tested positive for the AH5 strain of bird flu, according to the Herald Sun newspaper.
More tests were being conducted to determine whether it is the deadly H5N1 sub-strain of the virus, which has been responsible for 356 deaths since 2003, according to the World Health Organisation.
According to a statement put out by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, the carcass of a dead crested Myrna — a common resident bird in Hong Kong — found on April 27 in the territory tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
The release quoted a department spokesman as reminding people to observe good personal hygiene.
"They should avoid personal contact with wild birds or live poultry and clean their hands thoroughly after coming into contact with them," he said.  http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120602/hong-kong-bird-flu-h5n1-china-hospitals-poultry-death

Boy, 2, positive for H5 hospitalized in Hong Kong, lives in Guangdong province

2012-06-01 HKT 23:40



The boy was infected with H5 influenza authorities to investigate whether contact with birds


A two-year-old boy infected with influenza A H5 influenza, the government launched the Serious Response Level of pandemic influenza contingency plans ".

Centre for Health Protection, said the boy on May 23, last Wednesday, fever and runny nose; began in Guangdong Province to Hong Kong in the 26th in Mong Kok, a private clinic for treatment; had convulsions on the 28th to the Caritas Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, suspected of being infected with encephalitis admitted to hospital the same day, is now in stable condition.

The spokesman said the boy's throat found that influenza A H5 influenza virus.

The survey shows that the boy and his grandmother and parents living in Guangdong Province, the center is investigating the incubation period whether contact with live poultry. His home contacts were asymptomatic.

Centre for Health Protection will be held tomorrow (June 2) set up a hotline: 2125 1111 for public inquiries, the hotline will operate from nine o'clock to 6:00 pm.

The spokesman said, is close liaison with the relevant Mainland authorities and the Hospital Authority, in order to monitor the situation.

The spokesman reminded the public that the most effective way to combat influenza is to enhance its resistance to a balanced diet and do moderate exercise and adequate rest.

He said the Interior to maintain ventilation to avoid the spread of respiratory tract infections due to poor ventilation. If there is a flu-like symptoms should seek medical attention immediately.

The spokesman said the public should avoid direct contact with poultry and birds, and are required to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after contact with them.

Hospital Authority, said the year-old boy tonight by the Caritas Medical Centre transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital Center for Infectious Diseases Hospital for isolation and treatment, is now in stable condition.

[link to www.rthk.org.hk]

HENDRA VIRUS, EQUINE - AUSTRALIA (03): (QUEENSLAND) HUMAN EXPOSURE

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Date: Wed 30 May 2012
Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) [edited]
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-30/two-new-hendra-virus-cases-reported-in-qld/4041668/?site=northqld§ion=news


Biosecurity authorities have confirmed 2 horses have died in separate outbreaks of hendra virus in central and north Queensland. The properties near Rockhampton and at Ingham have been quarantined. Queensland Health staff are on their way to the 2 properties where it is understood a total of 4 people have had exposure to the sick horses.

In 2009, there was an outbreak at a Cawarral property near Rockhampton, where local vet Alistair Rodgers and several horses died. Last year [2011], hendra virus was detected at Hervey Bay, in northern Brisbane, and also on the Gold Coast.

A property south of Townsville was placed under quarantine after another outbreak in January [2012].

[Byline: Marlina Whop]

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[Sadly, this virus just keeps cropping up. Last year (2011) seemed like the never-ending nightmare of Hendra virus and it does not seem to be regressing into its hiding place.

Horse owners please note that flying foxes are messy eaters. They dribble; they drool; they slobber. And for some reason the horses like to be right where they are eating their fruit. The juices, the bits of fruit must all be attractive to the horse. Please fence those fruit trees off from the horses.

We all hate to deprive our horses of the lovely trees and their shade, but I would rather give the horses a giant umbrella than I would have them acquire this horrible virus.

Sadly it also seems that there is little progress on the vaccine.

Queensland, Australia may be found on the interactive HealthMap/ProMED-mail map at http://healthmap.org/r/1kJr. - Mod.TG]

New Hendra virus outbreak

 

31 May 2012 , 11:44 AM by Rebecca Armstrong

Steve Austin spoke to Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young about the latest outbreak of the Hendra virus.

Download the audio file  http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2012/05/new-hendra-virus-outbreak.html

SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - EUROPE (43): UPDATE, DEER

SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - EUROPE (43): UPDATE, DEER

In this update

[1] SBV in Germany - deer
[2] Latest accumulated testing results, Europe, compiled



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[1] SBV in Germany - deer

Date: Wed 29 May 2012
Source: Official web-site Lower Saxony [trans. summarised, edited]
http://www.tierseucheninfo.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=7676&article_id=102179&_psmand=24


Schmallenberg virus (SBV) - current updated figures for the whole of Germany
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Total: 1624 findings [affected farms] of the virus, of which 854 were sheep, 47 goats, 720 cattle, one deer, 2 roe deer (and 367 suspected cases).

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[2] Latest accumulated testing results, Europe, compiled
Date: Wed 30 May 2012
Source: French National platform for epidemiological surveillance in animal health [trans. summarised, edited]
http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/


SBV, Europe, compiled data - domestic livestock 
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[The data have been updated as of 30 May 2012 from the given sources. - Mod.AS]

Updated figures of reported SBV-positive holdings:

Country / date / total / cattle / sheep / goat / sources (*no)
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1. Belgium / 14 May 2012 / 533 / 364 / 167 / 2 / (*1)
2. France / 29 May 2012 / 1829 / 684 / 1128 / 17 / (*2)
3. Germany / 29 May 2012 / 1627 / 726 / 854 / 47 / (*3)
4. Italy / 24 May 2012 / 8 / 3 / - / 5 / (*4)
5. Luxembourg / 2 Apr 2012 / 12 / 6 / 6 / - / (*5)
6. Netherlands / 30 May 2012 / 348 / 235 / 107 / 6 / (*6)
7. Spain / 12 Mar 2012 / 1 / - / 1 / - / (*7)
8. UK / 23 Apr 2012 / 266 / 44 / 219 / - / [bovine & ovine 3] (*8)

Grand total: 4624 (3628*) SBV-affected holdings in 8 countries, of which 2062 (1115*) were bovine, 2482 (2440*) ovine, 77 (73*) caprine, and 3 bovine & ovine. (*in brackets, the data as of 26 Apr 2012).

Sources
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*1 Belgium http://www.afsca.be/dierengezondheid/schmallenberg/_documents/Schmallenberg_resultaten_20120514._nl.pdf
*2 France http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/
*3 Germany http://www.fli.bund.de/no_cache/de/startseite/aktuelles/tierseuchengeschehen/schmallenberg-virus.html
*4 Italy http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120524italie.pdf
*5 Luxembourg http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120402lux.pdf
*6 Netherlands http://www.vwa.nl/txmpub/files/?p_file_id=2201855
*7 Spain http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120313spain.pdf
*8 UK http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla/2012/05/28/28-may-schmallenberg-virus-further-update-on-gb-testing-results/

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[Most of the added infected holdings since the previous update of 26 Apr 2012 (see 20120426.1115024) are attributed to the increase of SBV-related cases in cattle farms, as expected. In France, 206 new infected cattle holdings have been detected since 11 May 2012.

The German data on cases in roe deer are noteworthy. It will be interesting to obtain data on SBV and other orthobunyavirus- (e.g. Akabane) related congenital malformations in wildlife from other countries. Antibodies to Akabane virus have been found in the past in, besides large and small domestic ruminants, horses, donkeys, buffalo, deer, camels, and pigs. - Mod.AS]

DOLPHIN DIE-OFF - PERU (02): MORBILLIVIRUS, NOT

DOLPHIN DIE-OFF - PERU (02): MORBILLIVIRUS, NOT

Date: Wed 23 May 2012
Source: Kristv.com [edited]
http://www.kristv.com/news/cause-of-massive-dolphin-die-off-unknown


The mass die-off of nearly 900 dolphins and porpoises along Peru's coast remains unsolved, Peru's government marine research agency says.

Tuesday's [22 May 2012] final report by the Sea Institute ruled out viral and bacterial infections, human intervention, pesticides or heavy metals as causes for the deaths, which were 1st noticed on 7 Feb 2012 and continued through mid-April [2012]. It speculated that biotoxins, algae blooms, or an unknown emerging disease could be to blame.

The Peruvian environmental group Orca, which 1st alerted the public to the deaths, insists that seismic testing used in oil exploration was likely the cause.

But the institute said that experts found no evidence any of the deaths were a result of seismic soundings, which involve shooting compressed air at the sea floor: There were no signs of internal hemorrhages or brain lesions that would be compatible with damage from such tests. But it said it did notice damage to some plankton where the soundings were done.

Orca contested those findings in its own report on Tuesday [22 May 2012], saying it had independently confirmed hemorrhages and middle-ear infections as well as the presence of air bubbles in internal organs and severe lung damage.

Several leading Peruvian scientists complained that the government agency was late in gathering samples, making it harder to determine the cause of death because the tissue tested was so badly decomposed.

The Sea Institute based its findings on autopsies of just 2 dead dolphins, which were collected in mid-April [2012], while Orca said it gathered the 1st of the samples it tested on 12 Feb [2012].

Seismic testing in the area was conducted between 7 Feb and 8 Apr [2012] by Houston-based BPZ Energy.

The institute report said the testing occurred 50 to 80 miles (80 to 130 km) off shore and that the equipment used was calibrated in those waters between 31 Jan and 7 Feb [2012].

It said testing also ruled out morbillivirus, a type of distemper that some government officials had suggested as a likely cause long before kits arrived from the United States to check for it.

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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Updates

Milledgeville Man Continues To Fight Flesh-Eating Bacteria

12:58 PM, May 29, 2012Paul Bales, the Milledgeville man fighting the flesh-eating bacteria could face more surgery. 13WMAZ talked to Mike Bales, Paul's son, on Tuesday morning about his father's condition.
On Wednesday, Mike Bales says doctors removed part of his dad's left leg, just below the knee. Bales says the doctors are focused on getting the bacteria out.
"The surgeon came in this past weekend to observe the leg, change the dressing," said Mike Bales in a phone interview. "They still see signs of redness and infection around the knee area, and possibly more amputation because there's even more infection."
Bales said.. 
Video
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/health/article/183287/193/Milledgeville-Man-Continues-To-Fight-Flesh-Eating-Bacteria

Family counters flesh-eating bacteria with faith

By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent

updated 2:41 PM EDT, Tue May 29, 2012(CNN) -- In the four weeks since his daughter cut her leg in the Tallapoosa River, Andy Copeland has experienced several low points. But nothing was as desperate as a moment in the surgical waiting room on May 4.

A doctor called from the operating room at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Georgia, where his daughter was having surgery.

"When your daughter arrived, I was trying to save her leg," the doctor said. "Now I'm trying to save her life.'"

Copeland felt his legs turn to rubber. His head went light. A hospital volunteer put a chair beneath him that caught him from falling. His wife, Donna, came into the room, and Andy repeated what the surgeon had told him.

"We cried and cried in each other's arms," Copeland recalled. "We sobbed uncontrollably for 10 minutes. Then the chaplain came in and I grabbed his hand and....

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/health/faith-copelands-bacteria/index.html

Expert: 'Bacteria shouldn't be feared, but it should be respected'

by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian Times Georgian

 

Microbiologist Amy Horneman often calls the Aeromonas bacteria, “the Rodney Dangerfield of bacteria.”

The late stand-up comedian Dangerfield’s famous line was, “I don’t get no respect.”

Horneman said people shouldn’t live in fear of Aeromonas, but it does deserve their respect. She should know since she is considered the international expert on the germ.

It was a strain of this bacteria, Aeromonas hydrophila, that caused the flesh eating disease, necrotizing faciitis, that nearly killed 24-year-old University of West Georgia psychology graduate student Aimee Copeland. She received a cut from a May 1 zip line accident in the Little Tallapoosa River. Copeland is still recovering in the JMS Burn Center of Doctors Hospital in Augusta.

While Horneman won’t speak specifically on the Copeland case, she has become in extreme demand in recent weeks due to the Copeland infection making worldwide news. Horneman has been on many radio and TV networks and has been quoted worldwide in many publications. When the Times-Georgian got in contact with her last Thursday, she was preparing to appear on an outdoors network to warn fishermen of the dangers of Aeromonas infection from fishhook wounds.
Speaking from her... http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/18749976/article-Expert---Bacteria-shouldn-t-be-feared--but-it-should-be-respected-?instance=west_ga_news

Vietnam-PRRS complicated

  30/05/2012 16:05:41

  At the afternoon meeting 29/5, the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention, said PRRS still complicated in the Red River Delta region with 5 local service recorded as Dien Bien , Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh, Lai Chau, Hoa Binh.

 . In particular, in Bac Ninh translate complicated continue without stop signs; to date, Quang Ninh was the most damage local pigs with more than 5,000 blue-ear disease.

Ảnh minh họa Department of Animal Health has about 180,000 doses of vaccine supply for the local blue-ear surround vaccination outbreak - Artwork

  Before the epidemic spreads, Department of Animal Health has about 180,000 doses of vaccine supply for the local blue ear enclosure outbreak vaccination. 

 At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development requested the provinces and cities in Red River Delta to enhance supervision areas, especially in particular areas bordering endemic areas, focusing increased control of trafficking pigs moved into and out of the area.

  Central Veterinary Institute has blue ear pigs sampled to determine bacterial development plans to help local recurrence PRRS vaccine for pig disease prevention and organize additional vaccination in areas at high risk .

 . MARD Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan said: "Epidemic diseases tend to spread most PRRS.  Bac Ninh worrisome because the Red River Delta provinces in livestock density is very large and very easily spread to other locations. 

 Gia Binh district (which appears PRRS in Bac Ninh) adjacent to the Hai Duong and Dong Trieu district of Quang Ninh are very serious epidemic if we put out the service is not good, service will certainly break out and damage great damage to the livestock industry. "

Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan requirements Animal Health Department sent staff to continue to direct the monitoring and prevention in their community, and local requirements have translated to review its entire breeding farms the area in order to timely detect and prevent outbreaks.

  Compared to today, the live hog price compensation for PRRS pigs was higher but the fact of some local condition is still selling.  This is an issue to resolve concerns and to be able to thoroughly treating disease appear not to have the opportunity to break out and spread.  http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=vi&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.baodienbienphu.info.vn/x%25C3%25A3-h%25E1%25BB%2599i/d%25E1%25BB%258Bch-l%25E1%25BB%25A3n-tai-xanh-di%25E1%25BB%2585n-bi%25E1%25BA%25BFn-ph%25E1%25BB%25A9c-t%25E1%25BA%25A1p&usg=ALkJrhjH3cz4qaYNUfEvq6aNHbvapbWWzw

Each week more a province appears PRRS

KTĐT - - PM 29/5, at the National Steering Committee for prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth disease, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said PRRS still complicated, the average per week add a new provincial service. 

  To date, PRRS has appeared in 5 provinces: Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh, Dien Bien and Lai Chau to more than 23,800 infected pigs.  MARD Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan said that the PRRS still tends to spread, especially the local gateway to Hanoi.

Consecutive cases appear more strange deaths from the disease

Consecutive cases appear more strange deaths from the disease

 | 8:04 PM Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - Forum News | Daily Events |

-  On the afternoon of 30/5, Pham Van Pen, president of CPC Ba Dien (Ba To, Quang Ngai), said Pham Thi Trieu (1979) Mosses village resident, Ba Dien Commune, who died at hospital Quang Ngai Department at about 10 am the same day.

  She Korea suffered "strange disease" from early 2012, then go in and out of hospitals to treat the province but no less severe disease but increasing.

 Then she was transferred to Korea General Hospital of Quang Ngai and dialysis treatment three times. However, Korea's health weakened and died.  In the morning of 30/5, her family moved in Korea for local burial.

Health workers are taking blood samples for children in Ba Dien Commune

 . Afternoon 30/5, Ms. Dang Thi Phuong, director of the district health center Ba - Quang Ngai, said her unit had moved three questions "strange disease" Children's Hospital 2, TP. HCM để điều trị. City for treatment.

  It is the children Pham Thi On (born 1998); Pham Dinh Hieu (born 2007) and Pham Quoc Bao (b. 2003). Cả ba em đều ở xã Ba Điền, huyện Ba Tơ. All three children are in Ba Dien Commune, Ba district.

 Thus, in the village three days from 28-30/5 Moss had two deaths due to "unknown disease", bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to 23 cases with 241 cases of "unknown disease".  http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=vi&tl=en&u=http://www.tinmoi.vn/lien-tiep-xuat-hien-them-truong-hop-tu-vong-vi-benh-la-05915281.html&usg=ALkJrhhGon5_PAiltgUdN7t6daFTAonWPQ

Hendra virus fears as 11 people exposed

by: Rosanne Barrett From:The Australian

• May 31, 201212:00AM

ELEVEN people at two Queensland properties have been exposed to the potentially fatal Hendra virus in the first outbreaks of the "high-risk" winter period as scientists await approval for the "emergency use" of a new horse vaccine.

Authorities yesterday conducted health assessments on the owners and treating veterinarians of two horses that died after contracting the deadly flying fox-borne disease in separate cases more than 800km apart.
Officials also assessed other horses, cats and dogs on the properties where the horses died -- one in the far north Queensland town of Ingham on Sunday and the other outside central Queensland's Rockhampton on Saturday. Quarantine exclusion zones were established.
Queensland chief veterinary officer Rick Symons warned that the state was entering the "high-risk" Hendra period, but said the virus could occur any time throughout the year, citing a case in Townsville in January...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/hendra-virus-fears-as-11-people-exposed/story-e6frg8y6-1226375619561