West Bank bird flu epidemic costly

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:38:41 GMT

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Breakout of a bird flu epidemic in a West Bank town has raised fears of likely elimination of the town's complete poultry stock, costing chicken farmers millions of dollars in losses.

At least 750,000 chickens will be slaughtered and destroyed in the town of Bal'a, the Palestinian Authority's (PA) agriculture ministry announced.

Police have cordoned off the area to ensure birds diagnosed with bird flu were not transported out of the area.

The town, which exports 4,000-5,000 cartons of eggs and hundreds of pounds of meat per day to the West Bank, will have its poultry stock wiped out, a PA official said on Friday.

No human cases of the influenza virus have yet been reported, but officials emphasized they are closely monitoring the area to ensure proper containment mechanisms are enforced.

The possible source of the outbreak has not yet been identified.

A team of veterinary specialists is assisting local residents in dealing with the emergency.

At least 40% of the town's economy depends on chicken farming. The Palestinian economy has already been suffering heavily due to various Israeli-imposed blockades and limits on export and import of Palestinian products.

Update on those treated in Negative Pressure Rooms at Tropical Disease Hospital Central

Afternoon 14 / 5, Tropical Disease Hospital Central held the inauguration negative pressure isolation rooms to treat patients with avian influenza H5N1 and H1N1 positive treatment in the Department of the hospital.
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To date, negative pressure isolation rooms at the Faculty of active treatment of tropical disease hospital in central contributed successfully treated three patients with severe lung injury, in which two patients are pregnant Nguyen Thi My Linh, 22 years old and 34 weeks of pregnancy Xoan Thi Dong, 19, 24 weeks pregnant. /.

Bird flu breaks out in West Bank

14 May 2010 9:04 AM

Washington - Three-quarters of a million chickens will be culled in the Bal'a village near Tulkarem as a result of an avian flu outbreak, Ma'an News Agency reported Friday.

The outbreak of bird flu in Bal'a is reported to cost the farmers losses in the millions [Photo: Philcampbell - Flickr]

Bal'a is a major egg and poultry-producing village, exporting up to 5,000 cartons of eggs and hundreds of pounds of meat each day across the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Agriculture said the bird flu epidemic will likely wipe out the town's poultry stock. Bal'a poultry farmers estimate losses in the millions of shekels.

The situation is dire, Bal'a municipal council official Ahmad Mansur said: "Tension and anxiety are prevailing among the farmers. At least 40% of the town's economy is in chickens."

Mansur has urged the government to compensate the farmers before the town is bankrupted.

The avian flu outbreak came to light when a farmer noticed symptoms in some of his chicks and called officials in to test the birds. "The chicks were only 8 days old when we learned that they were in fact positive for the virus," Hanun said.

"We were [then] obliged to declare a state of emergency in Bal'a," he explained, "imposing a health quarantine on all of the area and taking preventive procedures so we don't see the spread of the virus to other areas."

No human cases of the aggressive flu have been reported, but PA officials said the area is being closely monitored. Municipal official Sa'eed Hanun said doctors are monitoring the clinics and distributing information on bird flu to families in the area. Treatment will be immediately available in the event human cases are discovered, he said.

Hanun said the farm land and chicken holding will be sterilized, "and the birds will be buried in a healthy and safe way."

A quarantine parameter of up to 3 kilometers from the epicenter of the infected farm will go in place, advisor to the minister of agriculture Dr. Makhamareh said. The quarantine will include towns in Nablus and Jenin districts.

Egypt: Mountain participate in meetings of the General Assembly of the Geneva Health

Friday, May 14th, 2010
Up Dr. Hatem Health Minister and his accompanying delegation to Geneva tomorrow, Saturday, to attend meetings of the General Assembly of Health.

The minister will also attend the meetings of African Ministers of Health tomorrow, Sunday and Monday to attend the next meetings of the Arab Health Ministers, and on Tuesday the meetings of health ministers from the Group of Non-Aligned Movement.

And are mountain many communications ministers of health in the world, especially that the meetings of the General Assembly of the World Health Organization are this year's heated because of the flu vaccine, pigs and widespread criticism of the organization due to the policy of intimidation that followed from the virus and prompted governments to store vaccines without the need for science.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Laos (OIE, May 14 2010, edited)

[Source: OIE, Full PDF Document (LINK). Edited.]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Laos

Information received on 14/05/2010 from Dr Khambounheuang Bounkhouang , Directeur Général, Département de l'Elevage et des Pêches , Ministère de l'Agriculture et des Forêts , Vientiane, Laos

• Summary
  • Report type Immediate notification
  • Start date 27/04/2010
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 06/05/2010
  • Report date 14/05/2010
  • Date submitted to OIE 14/05/2010
  • Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
  • Date of previous occurrence 04/04/2009
  • Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
  • Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
  • Serotype H5N1
  • Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Necropsy
  • This event pertains to the whole country

• New outbreaks
  • Summary of outbreaks
    • Total outbreaks: 1
      • Location(s) - VIENTIANE CAPITAL (Latkhouay Farm, Xaythany )
        • Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
          • Birds - 1004 - 44 - 44 - 960 - 0
        • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
          • Birds - 4.38% - 4.38% - 100.00% - 100.00%
          • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive

• Epidemiological comments
  • The layers started to show clinical signs on 27 April 2010 and from 28 to 29 April 2010 two layers died. The first two dead poultry were submitted to the National Avian Influenza Laboratory. At the laboratory, necropsy of the two whole carcasses was performed as well as rapid test to detect influenza A and H5; results were slightly positive for avian influenza. Movement control measures of poultry and poultry products were effective.
  • From 1 to 5 May 2010, the mortality of the poultry increased drastically in the farm and the farmer sent some more whole carcasses to the laboratory. The samples were tested using rapid test and were positive for influenza A and H5. On 6 May 2010, the samples were retested for confirmation using real-time PCR and results were positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.
  • Actions for containing the spread of the infection were applied such as culling of infected and potentially infected poultry and disinfection of the premises; both were completed on 7 May 2010. Active and passive surveillances are on-going within 5 km radius around the infected farm. In addition, movement control is also effective.

• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • Stamping out
    • Movement control inside the country
    • Screening
    • Zoning
    • Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
    • Vaccination prohibited
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures

• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Avian Influenza Laboratory at the National Animal Health Centre (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
      • Birds - real-time PCR - 06/05/2010 - Positive

• Future Reporting
  • The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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Cholera outbreaks continue in the north

Saturday, 15/05/2010, 01:11 (GMT +7)
(SGGP) .- On 14-5, Bui Huy Quick, Director of Preventive Health Center of Hai Duong province confirmed, acute diarrhea epidemic cholera due to appear in Little Village, town way, Cam Giang District, Hai Duong province. This is the 2nd, in about a month, this dangerous disease occurs in Hai Duong.

Not only that some of Hai Duong province in the north is still recognized cases of acute diarrhea caused by bacteria described dangerous. Most recently, the Tropical Disease Hospital Central has received a 65-year-old female patient, in Dong Da district (Hanoi) in emergency due to acute diarrhea, tested positive for cholera bacteria. More worryingly, the patients described in Hanoi from this year are not yet determined the cause of diseases caused by specific foods.

Generally from early March until now, the North has recorded 106 patients with acute diarrhea caused by cholera in 5 provinces / cities including Hanoi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh. The patients mostly related to eating meals deck crowded, food is not guaranteed and is worth noting that no secondary cases.

The same day, Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, Deputy Director Infectious Disease Hospital Central, said today the hospital has received many cases of fever, rash, severe pneumonia, children with primary infection and inflammation of blood discarded Managing contractions but no known cause. Most of these cases in Hanoi and surrounding areas

Hide edge graphics outbreak risk disease outbreaks are in the border provinces

of Cambodia bordering Vietnam spread to our country is very high through the gate of Dong Thap and An GiangTruoc this reality, Dong Thap Province People's Committee has met and issued a statement emergency departments functional requirements focused prevention. Most troubling is the risk of outbreaks of cholera and avian influenza.

Duck and run the transport operations, buying and selling live poultry of unknown origin in the border areas of Dong Thap Province is worrying infectious source

Disease surround peer


According to the Center for Preventive Medicine, Dong Thap province, since the appearance of human cases infected with cholera in the border areas of Cambodia bordering Vietnam, the provincial health sector immediately deployed prevention services, including special Special attention to border areas.


Although to this point, in Dong Thap province is described cases of acute diarrhea or what, but India said Nguyen Ngoc, director of the Center of Preventive Medicine, Dong Thap province, has warned: "Do not be ignored and subjective with cholera because of Dong Thap Province is the downstream (compared to Cambodia) is a very long border, bordering the province of Ta Keo, Kandal, Pray Veng, the province has all three diseases.

In addition, cholera has spread and outbreaks in An Phu district, An Giang Province, which borders this local districts of Tan Hong, Hong Ngu, Dong Thap province. Also, Dong Thap also take "inspiration" from the river water poured in Cambodia and An Giang.Was to surround the sides so it is difficult to prevent a possible epidemic penetrate our country from the border. "


Fears are based on fully distributed by most of the patients described Cambodia near the border are discharged into the river, easily spread disease. Within a short time, An Phu district, An Giang province has five people and infected nearly 250 people were described acute diarrhea. Doctor Huy Vo Danh, deputy director of the Center of Preventive Medicine, An Giang Province, said sources in the district of An Phu spread from Cambodia to have, because people use river water for eating, living.


With avian influenza H5N1, Dong Thap is hot. The province is poultry, waterfowl largest DELTA (2 million children, mainly ducks and runs the same) so the risk of transmission of avian influenza is very high. Previously, many people run the duck in the border areas to the whole flock had "crossed the border" to feed the fields in Cambodia. "Although no recurrence of avian flu but the ability to both humans and poultry carrying the disease germs are inevitable. So far, Dong Thap has four bird flu cases are not treated, died - Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An said.


Fiercely against


Since the Cambodian Ministry of Health announced the re H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Pray Veng Province on 23-4, Dong Thap provincial health sector was allocated to the forces in charge of all border gates, border areas for timely response. Doctor Doan Van Hong, director of Dong Thap Provincial Health Department, said: "At the gate, we have arranged medical quarantine forces, forces in cooperation with the veterinary inspection of the whole person and family cross-border situation. " Not only concentrated in the border areas, all furnaces, the slaughter of poultry and poultry operations purchase live poultry markets in the province were also tested.


Recently, Dong Thap province announce emergency veterinary requirements, deployment health and disease prevention measures, including the activities prohibited content trading, transporting livestock, poultry and products livestock products, poultry across borders, strengthen advocacy and mobilization of people in the border areas to raise awareness of avian influenza prevention and risk spread from border regions and provinces of Dong Thap province Pray Veng. Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, Vice Chairman of Dong Thap province, said disease prevention is being done very provincial drastically and urgently.


Risk spreads south


Cholera is threatening to spread in the southern provinces. Local post recorded as cholera appeared in Ben Tre Province (NKX patient, 59 years old, reside Mo Cay District.) Ms X. are also treated, mental health and stability.


According to the Ministry of Health, as of this moment, the country has had eight provinces to "stick" of cholera, including An Giang, HCMC, Hanoi, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Ha Nam, Tay Ninh and Ben Tre. A total of over 20 people with cholera, some people with acute diarrhea were recorded up to hundreds. Notably, in An Giang province has more than 300 people with cholera, river water have been identified here describe germs.

"Veterinarians Without Borders" accused "Agriculture" to obfuscate the spread of diseases Delta

Friday, May 14th, 2010 - 15:45

Attacked the movement "Veterinarians Without Borders," blackout imposed by the General Authority for Veterinary Services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation for detection of animal diseases prevalent in the provinces of Western, Menoufiya.

The group said in a statement today, Friday, the Veterinary Services Authority still insists denied the existence of plague in Gharbia, despite the recognition of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine to maintain its existence, as well as multiple complaints of breeders and farmers from the deaths of some infected animals.

And warned of the seriousness of the government are dim and there are some diseases that affect animals and humans together, which I did in 2006 when an outbreak of avian influenza, announced after months of emergence.

And demanded the necessity to declare the General Authority for Veterinary Services of the fact of diseases in the provinces Kalprossela and tuberculosis, plague, and also called for the need to activate the role of the central laboratory for examination and sampling, as well as laboratories for the manufacture of vaccines and serums.

For his part, denied Dr. Mohamed Mostafa El Garhi Chairman, General Authority for Veterinary Services, the absence of disease or spread of the plague in some counties, but he acknowledged the existence of patients with brucellosis and tuberculosis in Egypt since a long time.

The Garhi in a special statement for the seventh day that TB cases that were discovered Menofia individual does not live up to be a phenomenon, stressing that the vaccination campaigns continued throughout the year, which was rejected by the movement of "Veterinarians Without Borders," which questioned the immunization campaigns, and she wondered why in the emergence of the disease despite immunization.


[I found this description of "Veterinarians Without Borders".
Vets Without Borders is a fraternity of veterinarians and Volunteers from all over the world. Our work is exclusively in the countries whose economies, cultures and human inhabitants are accustomed to maltreating their household pets, their agricultural animals, wild animas who compete with them for habitat as well as commercial and "entertainment" species. We accept licenced veterinarians, fourth year veterinary students and lots and lots of volunteers. http://vetswithoutborders.net/ ]

Vietnam: New Province with H5N1 - Dak Lak

Department of Animal Health:

1. Avian Influenza

Dak Lak: On 08/5/2010 until 05/13/2010, discovered in avian Ea Hu Cu Kuin district. Total of 200 birds dead duck in 1500 the herd.

Currently the Department of Animal Health agencies have conducted functional anti-epidemic measures as prescribed.

Currently, 03 countries have provinces of Quang Ngai, Quang Tri and Dak Lak avian influenza is not over 21 days.

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Vietnam: Respiratory diseases increased

Friday, 14 / 5

Excerpt:
Meanwhile, in a Children's Hospital, the pressure of some patients with respiratory disease is higher than residential. In those days, the hospital's Respiratory Department has 185 children are being treated. Every day, physicians must receive nearly 50 new cases admitted to hospital.

The problem is that in these two hospitals have more cases of severe respiratory complications. On 05/13, to 14 patients with severe respiratory failure due to pneumonia being actively treated at Children's Hospital 2, many children have ventilator.

Since early this year, only 2 Children's Hospital has recorded three children died of complications from pneumonia causing respiratory failure. Dr. Tran Thi Thu Loan, Head of Children's Respiratory Hospital 2, the respiratory illness to severe complications, many children must be treated positively, ventilator support new drama of danger.

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According to Le Thi Xuan Lan, working in Hydrometeorology Station South Vietnam, South Vietnam are beginning to step into the transition season. This season transfer period lasts about 10 days. Then, in the southern province will officially entered the rainy season.

This period is the most dangerous weather is just as strong in the year with tornadoes, lightning, wind storm shock and especially in the afternoon amid burning sun (about 15-16 hours). The rain and rain is usually faster to rapid, irregular, heavy rain in some places, a small place.

Commonground Commentary: Vietnam-Hai Duong Prov. H5N1 (Human), PPRS & Cholera

[Edit to add: I believe this room treated 3 patients, 1 with H5N1 and 2 with viral pneumonia. Trung Van H., 22 (in Cho Moi, Bac Kan) would be the H5N1 patient, and
Xoan Do Thi, 19, in Hai Duong province and one other would be the "2" with viral pneumonia.....]

Today, we heard of a special treatment room, located in the International Hospital for Tropical Diseases hospital. For the past 2 months of trail, it has contributed to the successful treatment of 3 patients with severe complications of A/H5N1. This is also where one of our last known confirmed cases out of Bac Kan went, and he's been discharged.

This commentary will provide you with documentation to show that in Hai Duong Province, we have a confirmed H5N1 (Human) case, Cholera and PPRS.

First, here is a map. Hai Duong Province lies about 55 miles due East of Hanoi.



The following are all excerpts of various articles.

Special treatment room for patients with influenza
This afternoon 14 / 5, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Central newly inaugurated negative pressure isolation rooms, treatment for patients with severe flu infections. This is a standard isolation room first International Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Central and value of building about 300 thousand U.S. dollars, by the University of Oxford, England funding. Patients treated in isolation rooms are special people who are diagnosed with the disease is spread through respiratory disease, severe lung damage caused by viruses.

For nearly two months of trial, negative pressure isolation rooms have contributed to the successful treatment of three patients with severe complications influenza A/H5N1 Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Central…

According to the Master, Intermediate Doctor Nguyen, Vice-Dean intensive care, hospital central tropical diseases, special treatment rooms will actively support and timely for the treatment and care severe influenza A/H5N1 patients should avoid high risk of death.



H5N1 (Human) or Severe Viral Pnemonia

First three patients received treatment in this special room patients Xoan Do Thi, 19, in Hai Duong province, has been 24 weeks pregnant. When transferred to hospital in the central tropical diseases on 05/05/2010, female patients had severe pneumonia, mortality risk is very high, but so far to day 10 in this treatment, the patient was conscious and are more positive signs of recovery.
http://tinyurl.com/29peza2


The same day, the tropical central hospital also announced that it has treated and successfully rescued a young man critically H5N1 infection. The patient is Trung Van H., 22 (in Cho Moi, Bac Kan) 05.14 pm, the patient was discharged a month of treatment. This is one of the severe cases of influenza A/H5N1 hospital has ever treated.
http://tinyurl.com/2dlo44c

Prevention is used to treat patients suspected of a serious disease transmitted through respiratory tract, such as SARS, influenza A/H5N1 ... Last time, the Institute has put into trial use for 3 patients with lung injury weight was successfully treated, including patients infected with an influenza A/H5N1 and two pregnant women with severe viral pneumonia.
http://tinyurl.com/263t5u5


Cholera
Morning 14 / 5, Preventive Medical Center of Hai Duong Province have confirmed the appearance of acute diarrhea epidemic in Lai Cach, Cam Giang District, Hai Duong province.
This is the 2nd, the emergence of cholera in 2010 in Hai Duong. Outbreak first appeared in a Hong Vinh, Binh Giang District, in April 2010. Five people positive for cholera after eating away at the funeral marry Me Trai hamlet, Vinh Hong, Binh Giang.
http://tinyurl.com/3ymcd8l


Outbreak of cholera appeared in Cam Giang
5/14/2010 06:15:55 AM
On 13-5, Center for Preventive Medicine in the hamlet of Lai Cach (Cam Giang) appeared outbreak of acute diarrhea. The patient is Mr. Do Thanh Loi, 53, has tested positive for cholera.
Epidemiological causes leading to patients infected with cholera is very difficult to determine, most likely due to food and water from the meal contract staff in family organization.

Center for Preventive Medicine provinces identified cholera outbreak in rural infant may appear more widespread and new outbreaks. In the village there are cases with symptoms of abdominal pain and go out several times but not related to the outbreak in his family Loi. The health sector has direct health Cam Giang district zoning and thorough handling of the whole rural environment ministries, market towns and garbage dumps near residential waste;…
http://tinyurl.com/32p9p88


PPRS
5/14/10
Department of Epidemiology
Currently, there are 15 provinces of Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Hưng Yên, Bắc Ninh, Hải Phòng, Hà Nội, Nam Định, Hà Nam, Lạng Sơn, Nghệ An, Quảng Ninh, Bắc Giang, Hòa Bình và Cao Bằng có dịch Tai xanh chưa qua 21 ngày. Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Lang Son, Nghe An, Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh and Cao Bang PRRS not over 21 days.
http://tinyurl.com/3a3vbz4

5/14/10
The Prime Minister has signed Decision requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development grant export charge Benkocid 55,000 liters of pesticides and 23,000 doses of vaccine in swine under the national reserve for the four northern provinces. Under the decision, and the production of Hai Duong province for 23,000 doses of cholera vaccine and 10,000 liters of pig Benkocid disinfectant, disinfectant of the remaining three levels of Hung Yen, Nam Dinh and Ha Nam.
http://tinyurl.com/36ypzz9


5/4
Department of Animal Health, said long-term phase of sunshine then the rain made blue ear pig thrives in the northern provinces…. By the end of 2-5 days, there were 12 provinces such as Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Lang Son, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Nghe An, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Quang Nam, Thai Nguyen has translated Blue ear pig, about 40,000 pigs were infected, nearly 17,000 children have been destroyed.
According to Hoang Van Nam, Director of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as soon as blue ear pig discovered in Hai Duong province, has warned the Department and require careful local epidemic prevention wide, many local nevertheless slow deployment and part owner for three years because there is no public service should be the prevention of neglect.
http://tinyurl.com/32wexfe

Hot, child respiratory illness increased

13/05/2010 22:27 (GMT +7) 13/05/2010 22:27 (GMT +7)

In Ho Chi Minh City hot weather in recent days as some children suffer severe respiratory diseases increased.

Respiratory Sciences at Children's Hospital 2, from 30-40 per day for more patients to hospital treatment, the Department is more than 100 children with respiratory diseases are to inpatient treatment, including to 14 severe cases have emergency resuscitation, breathing support.

Respiratory Sciences 2 Children's Hospital has 70 beds but only a day from 100-120 patients to hospital treatment should occur overload, emergency rooms are overloaded by the Faculty of patients were severe respiratory mutations increase, emergency room cases also occur 2-3 patients sharing one bed.
. 1 Children's Hospital, 230 patients is respiratory disease to inpatient treatment, while the day is usually from 120-150 patients. Especially, the number of patients with severe pneumonia increased, in some cases when the hospital was almost moved to stop the heart, to stop breathing resuscitation, first aid is to save lives.

Dr. Tran Thi Thu Loan, Head of Children's Hospital respiratory 2, hot weather as number of patients increased respiratory disease, especially severe cases. Hot as dehydration, fatigue, reduced resistance to infection is easy, so parents have the child drink sufficient water and nutrients to increase the resistance at the same time not so many kids out sunshine.

When children have no signs of high fever down, not eating, not feed, breathe fatigue, convulsions, have taken to the hospital for treatment.
Also, pay attention to children whose congenital heart disease, malnutrition because these children from disease, respiratory disease is often severe changes. Avoid subjectivity, the child admitted to hospital late because the child can lead to severe pneumonia to respiratory failure and death.

Hanoi: Inauguration of isolation rooms with modern treatment in Vietnam

5.14 pm, the tropical central hospital was inaugurated and put into use room treatment negative pressure isolation modern Vietnam with a total cost of about $ 300,000 by the clinical research unit of Oxford University sponsored.

Isolation rooms are modern design ensures that the treatment of patients with standard transmission. Room air treatment of this disease from outside the chamber through the filter clean reducing bacterial disease before entering the chamber, the air is changed at least 12 times in an hour, preventing infection for hospital patients. Prevention is used to treat patients suspected of a serious disease transmitted through respiratory tract, such as SARS, influenza A/H5N1 ... Last time, the Institute has put into trial use for 3 patients with lung injury weight was successfully treated, including patients infected with an influenza A/H5N1 and two pregnant women with severe viral pneumonia. Room treatment will limit the spread of disease, especially dangerous diseases to the outside. Also, patients are treated in a good environment.

. To this, modern treatment rooms will continue to be built in the Central Children's Hospital, Children's 1 and 2, Ho Chi Minh City hospital of tropical diseases.

The same day, the tropical central hospital also announced that it has treated and successfully rescued a young man critically H5N1 infection. The patient is Trung Van H., 22 (in Cho Moi, Bac Kan) 05.14 pm, the patient was discharged a month of treatment. This is one of the severe cases of influenza A/H5N1 hospital has ever treated.

Agriculture Minister: Palestinians to compensate poultry farmers

Friday, May 14 2010, 14:49

Agriculture Minister Simhon, please contact the international community to assist in providing compensation to poultry growers in the Palestinian Authority. He said if no birds will be destroyed, attacks on Palestinians will damage Israel's economy too hard
Minister Simhon: "Please remember that any event happening in the Palestinian Authority in the field of animal diseases affecting Israel Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon, contact today (Friday) the international community to please help in providing compensation to poultry growers in the Palestinian Authority, and their mussels were bird flu. He said that compensation intended to lead to growers mixed destroy the birds without turning them harm. Venubp, they will be asked to kill the birds within a radius of three kilometers from the infected chicken, as required by the rules set by Israel for this purpose.

According to the minister, if not destroyed birds, it also severely harm the Israeli economy. He noted that "despite the snails are in Tulkarm, Israel is required to export from its territory to close for a month. Therefore, the required assistance of international organizations to stem the spread of the epidemic effectively. It should be remembered that every event happening in the Palestinian Authority in the field of diseases affecting animals and activities in Israel exports. "

Israel's veterinary anesthesia began transferring to the Palestinian Authority and training for the destruction of birds. Current event required the destruction of 200 thousand poultry within a radius of three kilometers from both the infected chicken. This activity is done under guidance of the Director of Veterinary Services, Dr. Moshe Haimovich. Ministry of Agriculture indicate that the tests conducted on the Israeli side has not been discovered so far of bird flu.


About a week ago were found dead in his mother's kind of two birds living at the corner of Kibbutz Ein Gedi. Examination conducted by the Ministry of Health found that avian bird flu died in the line of the violent strain H5N1. Following the safety measures that destroyed all living birds in the corner.

Threatening diseases borderland

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Cure cholera, avian influenza (A/H5N1) again broke out in the border of Vietnam - Cambodia

Disease situation is complicated in many places in Cambodia bordering Vietnam. In particular, cholera is happening in the provinces of Kandal, Ta Keo province of An Giang borders; also in Prey Veng province bordering the province of Dong Thap, are re avian outbreak.


Avian influenza is re broke out in Cambodia, threatening the border provinces of Dong Thap province

Confusion due to cholera


An Phu district, An Giang province has many communes adjacent to the Angkor Borey district, Takeo province and grass Thum District, Kandal Province. Border of this watershed is in danger of spread of cholera from Cambodia by road through the back of people of both countries and river water contaminated cholera.

By this time, Cambodia has hundreds of cholera cases and deaths have. An Phu district also has more than 250 cases of acute diarrhea, of which 17 cases of cholera. Of these, 12 cases of Cambodia to describe the shift in the treatment of domestic and 5 of the Phu Hoi, Khanh Binh, Phu Huu, and Long Binh town.

According to the Center for Preventive Medicine (Preventive Medicine), An Giang province, most of the patients assigned Cambodia are discharged into the river level should spread to the community greatly. Comments here are threats to the health of people living along the Vietnam border shared by the river water with you, An Giang Preventive Medicine Center has limited movement people use river water. However, according to Dr Vo Huy Danh, deputy director of An Giang Preventive Medicine Center, An Phu district to about 50% of people use river water for meals, activities.


What health concerns in An Giang province is the most traffic, trade and exchange of border area people too easily. Diseases can be guided by the people inland, unable to control. Dr. List, cholera outbreaks in just a moment condition and certain advantages, is then deposited away.

During this period, there were many people but not sick but still carry the same disease. "The most dangerous are those who carry the same disease, they did not think disease should be impartial contact with the community. Until favorable conditions, new disease outbreaks. The cases of cholera in the city can be in this format "- physicians receive the list.


Throbbing flu concerns


While cholera is definitely not new here, Cambodian Ministry of Health announced the bird flu epidemic broke out in Kompong Leav district, Prey Veng province. The situation became more serious on 19-4 when the patient had died. Cambodia Ministry of Health has the force of professional service to local people to guide preventive measures against epidemic ...

However, according to records of employee newspaper reporters, most Cambodians lack of knowledge about the harmful effects of avian influenza and has no sense of prevention. Meanwhile, our country many people are raising ducks by light blows through the fields to feed borders with Cambodia, sliding on the afternoon.

This situation is potentially very high risk of spreading avian influenza. Besides, at the gate of Phuoc Dinh Ba and often, every day there are about 200 people back, while the quarantine forces will be arranged at this very thin.

Avian influenza in Tulkarm affect exports from Israel

4/15/10
Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon turned to the Palestinian Authority and international organizations to urgently reach a settlement regarding compensation to let the Palestinian farmers in order to ensure that cooperate with mixed concerning the destruction of birds, snails and 3 km radius, as required by bird flu treatment procedure. This was followed by the discovery of bird flu yesterday Tulkarm.

Led by Director of Veterinary Services, Dr. Moshe Haimovich, Israel began transferring veterinary anesthesia and transfer to the Palestinian Authority regarding the destruction of poultry training. The event will be required to present the destruction of 200 thousand poultry within a radius of 3 km from both the infected chicken.

Simhon said that despite the fact that runs in Tulkarm in the Palestinian Authority, Israel is committed to international agreements for the export from its territory to close for a month. "Required the assistance of international organizations to stem the spread of the epidemic effectively," said Minister Simhon. "Remember that event happening in the Palestinian Authority Animal Diseases affect its operations in Israel and export."

Tests conducted on the Israeli side has not been discovered so far of bird flu.
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Palestine H5N1 Poultry: Found After Exporting to Israel

2010:05:14.10:08

قالت مصادر فلسطينية يوم الخميس 13 مايو الحالى، إن الأجهزة الامنية الفلسطينية فرضت حصارا مشددا على بلدة بلعا شرق طولكرم بالضفة الغربية بعد اكتشاف فيروس انفلونزا الطيور في عدة مزارع بالبلدة.

Palestinian sources said on Thursday, May 13th this, the PA's security forces imposed a strict siege on the town of Bala east of Tulkarm in the West Bank after the discovery of bird flu in several farms in the town.

ونقلت وكالة ((معا)) الإخبارية الفلسطينية عن مدير زراعة طولكرم احمد عيد قوله، إن الجانب الفلسطيني تلقى من الجانب الاسرائيلي معلومات حول وجود فيروس أنفلونزا الطيور في بلدة بلعا بعد تصدير دجاج الى اسرائيل.

The news agency ((together)) news director of the Palestinian agriculture Tulkarm Ahmed Eid said that the Palestinian side from the Israeli side had received information about the presence of avian influenza virus in the town of Bala after exporting chicken to Israel.

وأضاف عيد، أن وزارته طلبت من الشرطة الفلسطينية الانتشار في محيط البلدة لمنع خروج الدواجن منها.

The gala, that his ministry had asked the Palestinian police deployment in the vicinity of the town to prevent the exit of poultry.

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Palestine: Map of Bala, Tulkarem Region

The Southern postmark is the birds found in Ein Gedi Israel a week ago. Northern postmark is the current outbreak.

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Palestine: Concern and anticipation prevails Bala pending the outcome of tests for bird flu

05/14/2010
Tulkarem - Lofa - Huda Habayeb - there is tension and anxiety among farmers in the town of Bala east of Tulkarm, after the announcement of laboratories Israeli outbreak of bird flu in samples taken from a farm in broiler chicks mothers in the town.

They expressed their dissatisfaction with this problem, which will be followed by actions will lead to losses of millions of shekels, especially since 40% of the economy Bala intended to cultivate poultry in all its forms.

And see the town is now a presence intensive for all members of the security services to prevent entry or exit of poultry and eggs to and from the town, at a time where there are crews and the Ministry of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine headed by Dr. Azzam Tubeleh and Deputy Minister, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture in charge of the management of veterinary services in the northern governorates, Dr. Jamil Makhamra , and Ahmed Eid, director of agriculture of Tulkarm, and Dr. Saeed affectionate Director General of Health of Tulkarm, and the mayor of Bala Ahmed Mansour.

On this issue, Dr. Makhamra for the 'Lofa', explaining that on the twenty-ninth of last month, they took some samples from the chicks mothers of broiler chicks from a farm in Bala, after suspected bird flu disease is, converted to laboratories Israel in the Beit Dagan, pointing out that the age of chick at that moment was eight days.

He had been informed yesterday by the laboratory that the Israeli sample infected with bird flu, which forced us to immediately declare a state of emergency in Bala, and imposed a quarantine on the entire region, and to take preventive measures for fear of disease transmission to other areas, until the uncertainty inherent in the The presence of the disease.

The Makhamra, it has been laying a healthy distance of 3 km, includes areas belonging to the governorates of Nablus and Jenin, saying it was the withdrawal of samples for examination and an increased emphasis, which will be an order for destruction after the departure of the expected result after six hours, pointing out that the Ministry's laboratories in Ramallah Fully Ready in this subject, and in turn, to the fullest.

He pointed out that more than half a million birds in Balaa between chicken broiler and egg and mothers, pointing to the existence of great intensity in education and convergence of the farms, which represent a risk to the region if it is conclusively proven the existence of the disease, and other regions.

He questioned Mayor Bala Ahmed Mansour such an outcome, expressing frustration because of a delay on the Israeli side in the declaration of the result, wondering how to let us know two days ago that there is no disease, but reversed the result on the existence of bird flu, called on all those responsible to make absolutely sure and make further tests on poultry before taking any action.

He warned that Bala is now a disaster area, especially as they depend on poultry farming is a large and produce and export chicken eggs, where there are approximately (500) A bird broiler, and (250) A bird egg, and made between (4-5) thousand carton of eggs every day, which caused an accumulation of eggs and consequent severe losses to farmers and the economy of the town on which they depend not only cultivation but Tulkarem governorates of the West Bank.
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It was Adnan al-Suleiman, a poultry farmers in Balaa, expressed satisfaction with the actions taken by the concerned authorities that in the interest of the town, but at the same time expressed concern about the result which was announced late, he doubts from the place, especially since there is no death for the chicks mothers broiler, announced that infection with this disease.
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Palestine: After the discovery of bird flu cases: the security forces imposed a blockade on Bala

13/05/2010

Palestinian security forces imposed a night, a strict siege on the town of Bala east of Tulkarm, to prevent the exit of poultry and eggs after the discovery of several cases of bird flu in the town.

Ahmed Eid, director of the Department of Agriculture Tulkarm in a press statement that the samples for testing were taken from some birds in the town, according to Israeli prosecutors showed it was infected by bird flu, and we were told so, but not official records, but telephone calls.

He added that the competent authorities took additional samples will be sent tomorrow to the testing laboratory in Ramallah, including the house of DEC on the Israeli side to make sure unequivocally the novel Israel.

This, the Palestinian security forces have stepped up their presence in the vicinity of the town of Bala, and is in the meantime, searched vehicles and trucks to prevent the eviction of any bird species to the outside.

An official source for "together" Mtmona owners of poultry farms in the town of Bala, said that, according to the resolutions of the Palestinian Cabinet, will be compensated if the decision was taken to the execution of all existing birds have.

He also held an urgent meeting in Tulkarem annexation of Veterinary, Ministry of Agriculture and the police and the Ministry of Health, and the leadership of the region, Tdras measures to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease in the town of Bala and beyond.
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Emergency and prevention of avian influenza A/H5N1

Friday, 14/05/2010, 08:04 (GMT +7)
TT - Dong Thap People's Committee has a written emergency (on 11-5) prohibits the sale and transportation of livestock, poultry and livestock products, poultry across borders at the same time directing agencies units to enhance information communication and mobilization of people in the border areas to prevent bird flu spread from the border area between Dong Thap province bordering Prayveng (Cambodia) - where the ongoing pandemic poultry and more people die from influenza A/H5N1 infection.

A written request for assignment veterinary vets live in the 24/24 hour checkpoints, especially the border checkpoints; reviewing the results of vaccine inoculation, rapidly vaccinating poultry flocks against livestock, farmers launch area bordering regular cleaning, spraying disinfection, disinfection of environmental farming areas ... Department of Health needs to strengthen supervision, monitoring the health of people in border areas.

Emergency prevention and control diseases in border areas

Updated: 7:10 AM, 14/05/2010
(Labor) - Before the disease situation in cattle and poultry in the province complicated Prayveng - Cambodia border, with many deaths caused by influenza A/H5N1 virus infection in humans, Dong Thap Province People's Committee issued Dispatch direct emergency prevention in border disease.
Accordingly, besides the arrangement of vets live in the 24/24 hour checkpoints, agencies and departments concerned to strengthen monitoring and strict management of the disease situation changes.

Vietnam: Quang Nam: Pig killed by Streptococcus infection

Van Su (14/05/2010 08:32)

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam - Vice Director Chi Quang Nam Department of Animal Health, said 41 of the 26 pig farmers in Binh Dao, Thang Binh district destroyed mandatory (NNVN have reflected all) were not infected with blue ear disease that is caused by streptococcus bacteria.

According to South, Central Regional Animal Health 4 (based in Da Nang city, directly under the Department of Animal Health - MARD) has announced that all four samples taken on herd infection epidemic in Binh Dao send out review test results were negative for pathogenic blue ear virus and cholera. So but, first conducted two tests in the first four samples positive for this bacterium streptococcus.

Reportedly, Quang Nam Department of Animal Health has read Thang Binh hospital emergency pump motor and more than 1200 liters of chemicals Benkocid to implement sanitation work regularly pens, spray disinfection, disinfection of the scope wide (especially in those areas is going to translate and translate threatened areas) to urgently curb the spread of the virus that causes ...

Japan to Slaughter 80,000 Pigs, Cows on Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to slaughter more than 80,000 livestock in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki as it seeks to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

A total of 73,653 pigs and 6,604 cows have been marked for destruction at 86 farms, the Miyazaki local government said in a statement yesterday.

Japan’s Farm Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu said the government plans to compensate farmers, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

Palestine-200,000 Tulkarm Chickens to be Destroyed

Reported: 21:10 PM - May/13/10

Veterinary officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA) ordered the destruction of 200,000 chickens on Thursday after avian flu was discovered in their chicken coop.
Israel sent supervisors to crossings between the PA and the rest of Israel to prevent the transfer and smuggling of potentially infected chickens and eggs

Palestine-Blockade (Bala) after the discovery of bird flu cases

Friday, May 14th 2010 - Row 4
Tulkarem - The imposition of the Palestinian security services last night, laid siege to the town of Bala east of Tulkarm, to prevent the exit of poultry and eggs after the discovery of several cases of bird flu in the town.

The director of agriculture Tulkarm Ahmed Eid for "together" that the Palestinian side from the Israeli side has received information about a possible bird flu cases in the town (Bala) after export chicken to Israel.

He added: "They give instructions for the deployment of police and national security in the vicinity of the town to prevent the exit of poultry.

He also held an urgent meeting in Tulkarem annexation of Veterinary, Ministry of Agriculture and the police and the Ministry of Health, and the leadership of the region, to discuss the measures to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease in the town (Bala) and beyond.

Gulf of Mexico Oil leak

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 13, 2010; 12:47 PM

The world has finally seen directly the turbulent plume of oil, gas and water billowing from a sliced steel pipe on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. But new video clips, released by BP Wednesday afternoon, haven't clarified one of the central unknowns in this crisis: Exactly how much oil is leaking into the gulf?

* Video of Gulf of Mexico oil leak from ocean floor




It's clearly a lot -- anyone can see that. But experts say that, without a meter, it's impossible to estimate the flow, particularly since it's a mixture of oil, gas and water.
"Anybody who can tell you how much oil is coming out of that thing is likely lying to you," Bruce Bullock, director of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, said after reviewing the video.
But BP could use established scientific methods to measure the flow if it chose to do so, said Rich Camilli, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. One technique, for example, would use sonar in a manner quite similar to sonograms used in medical diagnostics, he said. Or BP could use the containment dome that was lowered to the sea bottom as a kind of measuring device.
"More information is always better. Right now there's only a very sketchy idea as to what the flow rates are. It's important to have very accurate numbers, if nothing else to scale the response for the oil slick," Camilli said.
The oil slick on the surface of the gulf is a moving target for scientists trying to estimate the rate of oil leaking 5,000 feet below. The slick has changed sizes in heavy seas. There is an unknown amount of oil below the surface. And as of mid-week the slick had been pounded with 428,000 gallons of chemical dispersants dropped from a fleet of aircraft, BP spokesman Andrew Gowers said. Another 28,000 gallons of chemicals have attacked the plume at the sea floor in three "tests" of deep sea chemicals, Gowers said.
This oil is on the lighter end of the density scale, Gowers said.
"It's not thick, heavy crude that goes glop. It's light crude that when it reaches the surface of the water, it's more like iced tea," he said.
The official number for the rate of oil leaking is 5,000 barrels a day. The figure, announced April 28 by the Coast Guard, is a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration estimate, based on aerial imagery and scrutiny of video from the sea bottom.
But officials have repeatedly tried to back away from the suspiciously round figure. Jane Lubchenco, the NOAA administrator, told The Post that the estimate should be considered "5,000 barrels-ish."
The round figure has been called a "guesstimate" by BP's chief executive officer, Tony Hayward.
Two weeks ago, an outside researcher, oceanographer Ian MacDonald of Florida State University, used satellite images gathered by the organization SkyTruth to produce an estimate of 26,000 barrels of oil a day. But MacDonald has made clear that it's a rough estimate and hasn't been subjected to scientific peer review.
"I shouldn't be trying to estimate these flow rates in the media; we should be trying to do this in scientific papers," he said.

* The oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon suffered a blowout April 20 and, after burning for two days, sank to the bottom of the gulf. The Coast Guard initially said that the oil slick at the surface was from the rig itself, and Rear Adm. Mary Landry said there was no sign of a leak from the well itself. On April 24, two leaks were found by robotic submarines, and the Coast Guard estimated the leak at 1,000 barrels a day. Four days later, another, smaller leak was discovered, and Landry announced the higher estimate of 5,000 barrels.


News organizations, scientists and environmental groups asked BP to make public the video of the main leak, which comes from a pipe called the riser, about 460 feet from the blowout preventer that sits atop the wellhead. BP complied Wednesday with two short video clips, one showing the pipe spewing oil and gas, the other capturing the moment when a containment dome was lowered onto the leak in an abortive effort to capture the oil. The dome quickly clogged with slushy methane hydrates, formed by the mixture of pressurized gas and cold water.
Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service at the University of Texas, said the one revelation in the new video is the abundant gas that can clearly be seen spewing from the pipe in tandem with the darker oil. That might be a good sign, he said.
"If this was an all-oil well, you'd have a lot more oil flowing into the environment. Gas getting into that atmosphere is not the greatest thing, but it's a lot better than getting oil into the environment."
MacDonald, meanwhile, thinks BP should make more video public and enable the world's researchers to eyeball more fully the plumes of oil and gas.
"We're fighting a battle against this spill, this leak. Any military person knows that good casualty reports are the key to victory," MacDonald said.
Asked why the video hadn't been released earlier, BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles suggested that the technicians fighting the leak had been too busy to take the time to prepare the imagery for public scrutiny.
"This data is not easy to capture," Suttles said. "We actually have to assign some of our technicians to gather that data."

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said the government has had access to the video in real time, but indicated that it was up to BP whether the video could be made public. "It's BP's video," she said.

North: Number of people infected from swine Streptococcus increase

Thursday, 13.05.2010, 12:11 (GMT +7)
(SGGPO) .- On 13-5, Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said in Hanoi and some northern provinces are still recorded cases of acute diarrhea caused by dangerous bacteria described. Most recently, the Tropical Disease Hospital Central has received a female patient aged 65, in Dong Da district (Hanoi) to the emergency caused by acute diarrhea, the results showed positive implants distributed with the cholera bacterium.

More worryingly, the patients described in Hanoi from this year are not yet determined the cause of diseases caused by specific foods. Generally from early March until now, the North has recorded 106 patients with acute diarrhea in 5 provinces / cities including Hanoi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh. The patients most meals related to the people, no secondary cases.

Meanwhile, the number of people infected swine streptococcus bacteria from growing in parallel with the blue ear pig disease. Up to now, Tropical Disease Hospital Central has received 14 cases of swine streptococcus, including nearly 10 patients to hospital emergency, in serious condition such as meningitis, severe sepsis, drop in blood pressure, pre-shock, coma. Through epidemiological investigation, the cases would have to eat undercooked pork, blood pudding or contact with sick pigs.

Second polio case reported in Russia

May 13, 2010 16:24 Moscow Time Gennady Onishchenko. Photo: RIA Novosti Another polio case has been reported in Moscow, Russia’s Chief Health Inspector Gennady Onishchenko said. The first case occurred in the Irkutsk region (Siberia). Both diseased are children who returned from infection-hit Tajikistan. Onishchenko said that thousands of Russian soldiers located in Tajikistan will get polio- vaccines as soon as possible. Currently 215 children in Tajikistan are in hospitals and 15 died of polio.

2 poliomyelitis cases registered in Russia

2 poliomyelitis cases registered in Russia 13.05.2010, 17.54

MOSCOW, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - The two Tajik poliomyelitis-infected baby girls, who have been hospitalized in Russia, are in a satisfactory condition, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) Gennady Onishchenko told a news conference on Thursday. According to Onishchenko, one of the girls, a nine-month baby, is undergoing treatment at an Irkutsk-based hospital. Another polio case was diagnosed in an infant girl in Moscow. The baby in Irkutsk “has normal temperature, her condition is considered as stable, but she still has a facial nerve paralysis,” Onishchenko said, adding that the girl in Moscow is also in a satisfactory condition. The babies had been brought to Russia before the latter banned any children under the age of six from entering Russia from Tajikistan over a polio outbreak in the republic, the chief sanitary officer said and promised that the two sick babies will receive all necessary treatment and “medics will do their best to prevent their disability.” The poliomyelitis situation in Russia is under control, with the bulk of population being vaccinated against the disease, Onishchenko said and added that the poliomyelitis virus might be carried by adults from Tajikistan. According to Onishchenko, this is a “so-called wild virus of the Indian origin.” Currently, about 1,000 children of Russian servicemen are staying on the territory of Tajikistan, Onishchenko said and vowed all of them would be vaccinated. Those of them who are not vaccinated before leaving Tajikistan, will receive a vaccine in Russia. Moreover, about 1,000 Russian regular soldiers serving in Tajikistan will also be vaccinated against poliomyelitis, as will be those servicemen who will arrive to replace them, Onishchenko said. As of now, 298 poliomyelitis cases have been registered in Tajikistan, of which 15 were lethal. The Russian chief sanitary officer described efforts taken by Tajik medics as “inefficient.” Poliomyelitis, often referred to as polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route. Although around 90% of polio infections cause no symptoms at all, affected individuals can exhibit a range of symptoms if the virus enters the blood stream. In about 1% of cases the virus enters the central nervous system, preferentially infecting and destroying motor neurons, leading to muscle weakness and acute flaccid paralysis. Different types of paralysis may occur, depending on the nerves involved. The disease mainly affects children of up to three to five years of age and can be prevented by immunization. Babies under one year of age are most sensitive to polio. The world’s first living polio vaccine technology was elaborated in 1959 in the Soviet Union, and ever since the Poliomyelitis Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences has been producing the vaccine to meet the Russian and foreign demand. A year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1990, the United Nations set a daring task to eradicate the disease by 2000, but failed. Nonetheless, the World Health Organization (WHO) has succeeded to do away with poliomyelitis in North America in 1994, and in Europe in 2002. Large-scale immunization campaigns of children under five years of age have brought polio occurrence from 350,000 cases in 1988 down to 1,163 cases in 2005. However, polio cases have again been registered in ten countries, where the disease was reported to be eradicated. These countries include Somalia, Indonesia, Yemen, Angola, Ethiopia, Chad, Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Cameroon. Poliomyelitis outbreaks have also been registered in India, Nigeria, Niger, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. As one of the ten most dangerous infections, poliomyelitis has been on Russia’s national preventive immunization calendar since 2001. Under this calendar, children are first vaccinated against poliomyelitis at the age of three months, and then vaccination is repeated four times. Epidemiologists say that a freshly inoculated vaccine is enough to protect children from enteric virus-71 causing aseptic meningitis, but in cases of outbreaks its is strongly recommended to have one more immunization. According to epidemiologists, from 10 to 15 polio cases are registered in Russia annually, but in such cases the disease is diagnosed after a classical inoculation with a living vaccine. “Such cases are very rare, since they are registered in children with primary immunodeficiency,” a source in the Research Institute of Epidemiology told Itar-Tass. To prevent such cases, since 2008 children have been inoculated with inactive vaccines incapable of causing the disease.

Vietnam: Hanoi Cholera: Food undetermined causes cholera

3/15/10
Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, on 12-5, says Hanoi and some northern provinces still recorded scattered cases of acute diarrhea caused by cholera bacteria.

From early March until now, the North has recorded more than 100 patients with acute diarrhea in five provinces and city: Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh and Hai Phong.

According to epidemiologists, patients suffering from cholera in Hanoi early this year have not yet determined what caused food.

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Vietnam: Quang Nam Province Update

There has been confusion in Quang Nam Province. Here are some notes I have:

PPRS
5/11:
Wednesday, 12/05/2010, 14:36
TP - Day 11-5, Pham Hong Linh Thanh, Head of Epidemiology - Department of Animal Health in Quang Nam province, said: "Disease outbreaks in pigs in Binh Dao, Thang Binh district in April is not translated Blue ear pig. FMD virus types of mass death has not yet discovered."
According to test results of the regional veterinary offices IV, the samples in Binh Dao dead pigs were negative for blue ear pig viruses in pigs and cholera.
Disease outbreaks in pigs in Binh Dao, Thang Binh district (Quang Nam) in mid-April, killing more than 40 pigs

5/4:
The test samples infected pigs in Quang Nam province is negative for blue ear disease.

5/3:
Currently, there are 12 provinces of Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Quang Nam, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Lang Son and Nghe An untreated ear diseases 21 days.

4/29
Free green ear broke out in Hai Duong province in late March, has now spread to 130 communes, wards and towns in 19 districts, nine towns of the province of the Red River Delta region and Quang Nam province

4/28
The Department of Animal Health, on the blue ear pig appeared in nine provinces and the Red River Delta region is: Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi , Quang Nam and Nam Dinh.

May 13, 2010
Near this month, a private herd was disease and death in Binh Dao (Thang Binh) to pig farmers in the province of confusion. Landscape busiest day in market swine Ba Ren (Ren Ba village, a commune of Xuan Que, Que Son) also fall into the tedious hours, mild understand by volume sellers and buyers at the margins.

Humid
The time for pig trading activities take place most exciting markets Ba Ren is about 8 am, but this month has slipped into near humid landscape, activity in moderation. Market neighborhood filled container bamboo pig baskets stacked in high piles. On the way concrete is on the market only four baskets piglets, located about 20 pigs in baskets scolded. Some women also sat quietly selling pork. Tran Thi Hong, a small business selling pork varieties, said: "Before, every day of pig on market fluctuations over the thousands of children, the day is also very much only about 300 pigs on the same market. Number of people to purchase less permanently, markets only work in moderation. "



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Control service

Even after many herd information in the commune of Binh Dao suddenly become infected, die with the same symptoms stop eating, body flushed ..., Thang Binh district leaders have asked relevant government and social Binh Dao quickly deploy the same series of strong measures to control, extinguish the epidemic. In addition to establishing key points to tight control block the transport of pigs from the service, trade ban, slaughter and consumption of pork and pork products are also immediately proclaimed. Thanks to the aggressive forces of the local branch of shock and youth social scene rampant pork sold in markets Tea threats and some other places have been completely flattened. In particular, due emphasis to promote advocacy, awareness raising among the population, the situation properly dispose of dead pigs in Binh Dao does not happen as the first outbreak.

At noon yesterday (12-5), speaking with reporters in Quang Nam, Nguyen Thanh Nam - Vice Director Chi Quang Nam Department of Animal Health said in addition to sending forces Binh Dao technical support veterinary officials and government social prevention and control units for emergency hospital has spent much of Thang Binh engines and pumps more than 1,200 liters of chemicals Benkocid to implement sanitation work regularly pens, pepper spray independent, large-scale disinfection to urgently curb the spread of the virus. After quickly destroying infected pigs 41 of 26 farming households are now within a half months (from 29-4 to 12-5) in the commune of Binh Dao arising not add any new outbreak. Nam said: "By this time the disease can be confirmed on the herd in Binh Dao has been basically put under control".

However, Mr Nam launched a information are very worrying: Central Regional Animal Health 4 (closed in TP. Danang, attached to the Department of Animal Health Central - MARD) has announced, all four samples taken on infected herd in Binh Dao service sent out for testing were negative for the virus that causes blue ear disease and cholera. But when doing the 2nd test in the first four pieces of this positive virus Streptococcus. According to Australia, Streptococcus disease is more dangerous than the blue ear. This virus spreads very fast, devastating, especially longer a serious threat to human health. Functional agencies warned in the days ahead if farmers, local authorities and relevant agencies showed loose in the prevention of virus outbreaks and will be re-spread out wide.

Vietnam: Detected more cases of Cholera (Hanoi)

Afternoon 12 / 5, Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said in Hanoi and some northern provinces continue to record scattered cases of acute diarrhea caused by cholera bacteria.

Tropical Disease Hospital Central has to receive a 65-year-old female patient, in Dong Da district (Hanoi) in emergency due to acute diarrhea positive for cholera.

Từ tháng 3 đến nay, miền Bắc đã ghi nhận 106 bệnh nhân tiêu chảy cấp tại 5 tỉnh, thành phố (Hà Nội, Hà Nam, Hải Dương, Hải Phòng, Bắc Ninh). From March to now, the North has recorded 106 patients with acute diarrhea in five provinces (Hanoi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh).

The patients most meals related to the people, no secondary cases. However, according to epidemiologists, patients suffering from cholera in Hanoi early this year have not identified specific types of foods and can cause disease, cholera has changed and adapted well than in the environment

15 provinces and cities appear on the blue ear pig

Thursday, 13/05/2010, 05:51


(ANTD) - Animal Health Department said, up to yesterday's 12-5, swine blue ear appeared and spread to 15 provinces, of which two new provinces appear as Cao Bang and Hoa Binh.

Specifically, from October 2-5, blue ear pig happened on the fifth of households in Tham Commune, Cao Bang Town, Cao Bang province. Total number of pigs in the infected herd is 26 children 69 children. Also in Hoa Binh province, according to the report of the provincial Animal Health Department, PRRS in pigs occurred in Thanh Hoi, Man Duc commune and the town of Muong Khen, Tan Lac district as 22 dead and 135 pigs pigs disease.

Infectious causes are determined by infection of pigs from 30 station extension of the import Tan Lac district cooperative Increase Tien Yen district of Vietnam, Bac Giang Province. Under these circumstances, Hoa Binh province has decided to declare the epidemic diseases in pigs in Tan Lac district.

Thus, over a month since the outbreak of blue ear in the first outbreak in 2010, so far, no signs of epidemic leveled off but continued to spread out the province. Pigs infected more than 50,000 children. In Hanoi, the epidemic also appeared in 17 communes in 5 districts are Thanh Oai, Phu Xuyen, Thuong Tin, Gia Lam and Linh.