Egypt Confirmed Human Cases 2011

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Detection and local development minister, Major General Mohsen Noamany for the arrival of deaths due to avian and pandemic influenza to the highest rates since the recognition and presence in Egypt, was during the period between the outbreak of the revolution of the 25th of January until the present time. Where Egypt has recorded since January this year until 22 June, 31 cases died of the disease, 12 of them

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According to WHO statistics, the total number of cases of bird flu in Egypt since its inception in 2006 reached 150 cases of whom 52 died, and reached its highest this year in 2011 until last June to a record 31 cases, 12 of them died

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This is our list for 2011:

Dakahlia Gov

Confirmed #119 – Died [12/16]

12/26 – confirmed bird flu

Name: Shahat (40)

From: Zhaerp Balsnellowin

Adm: 12/30/10

Onset: 12/25/10

Hospital: International Mansoura

Confirmed: Positive [http://tinyurl.com/28n8kus]

DOD: 1/2/2011

Notes: WHO update #40

Confirmed #123

Name: 26 yo Female

From: Dakahlia Gov.

Adm: 1/23

Onset: 1/18

Notes: Recovered; Discharged 2/7.

Confirmed #129 – Died [2/28]

Name: 17 yo female

From: Dakahlia Gov.

Adm: 2/26

Onset: 2/24

DOD: 2/28

Notes: WHO Update #46

Giza Gov

Confirmed #120

Name: Boy (10)

From: Giza Gov.

Adm: 1/8

Onset: 1/5

Confirmed: Positive

Notes: Stable condition WHO update #41

Confirmed #132

Name: 28 yo female

From: Gize Gov.

Adm: 3/10

Onset: 3/8

Notes: Stable condition. WHO Update #48

Alexandria Gov.

Confirmed #121

Report Date: 1/19/11

Name: Child (1 ½)

From: Al Iskandariyah*

Adm: 1/13

Onset: 1/12

Hospital: Alexandria

Sym’s: high temp, cough, cramps, febrile convulsion

Notes: exposure to infected chicken/duck. Stable condition.

· FAO Site: http://tinyurl.com/4l8dtx5

Confirmed #136

Name: 34 yo female

From: Alexandria Gov.

Adm: 3/15

Onset: 3/9

Notes: Still under treatment. Stable condition.

Confirmed #144 - Died (5/9)

Name: 30 yo female

From: Amria District

Adm: 5/3

Onset: 4/26

DOD: 5/9

Notes: WHO Update #52

Gharbia Gov.

Confirmed #122

Report Date: 1/26/11

Name: Youssef Nasr (7)

From: Gharbia

Adm: 1/20

Onset: 1/20

Hospital: Bmschwiy Mahalla and Tanta Fevers

Notes: Stable condition. Exposed to infected poultry.

WHO Update #43

Menofia Gov.

Confirmed #124 – Died (2/5)

Name: 45 yo Male

From: Menofia Gov.

Adm: 1/26

Onset: 1/20

DOD: 2/5

Confirmed #139

Name: 2 yo female

From: Menofeya Gov.

Adm: 3/27

Onset: 3/26

Notes: Stable condition, still under treatment. WHO Update #50.

Confirmed #146 [Died 5/29]

Name: 21 yo pregnant woman

From: Menofia Gov.

Adm: ?

Onset: 5/21

DOD: 5/29.

Notes: Same onset as Confirmed #147. WHO Update #53.

Confirmed #147

Name: 16 yo boy

From: Menofia Gov.

Adm: ?

Onset: 5/21

Notes: Critical Condition. Same onset as Confirmed #146. WHO Update #53

Damiata Gov.

Confirmed #125

Name: 4 yo male

From: Menofia Gov.

Adm: 2/16

Onset: 2/14

Notes: Stable Condition

Sharkia Gov

Confirmed #126 – Died (3/3)

Name: 32 yo female

From: Sharkia Gov.

Adm: 2/14

Onset: 2/10

Notes: Critical Condition. WHO Update #45

El Sheikh Gov

Confirmed #127

Name: 2 yo male

From: Kafr Elsheikh Gov.

Adm: 2/20

Onset: 2/18

Notes: good condition. WHO Update #45

Confirmed #137

Name: 30 yo female

From: Kafr El-Shaikh Gov.

Adm: 3/15

Onset: 3/7

Notes: Discharged 3/27. WHO Update #49.

Behira Gov.

Confirmed #128

Name: 17 yo female

From: Behira Gov.

Adm: 3/1

Onset: 2/27

Notes: Stable condition. WHO Update #46

Confirmed #133

Name: 4 yo female

From: Behira Gov.

Adm: 3/7

Onset: 3/5

Notes: Recovered & discharged. WHO Update #48.

Confirmed #134

Name: 1 yo male

From: Behira Gov.

Adm: 2/16

Onset: 2/14

Notes: Discharged 2/22. WHO Update #49.

Confirmed #135

Name: 3 yo female

From: Behaira Gov.

Adm: 3/12

Onset: 3/10

Notes: Discharged 3/18. WHO Update #49

(WHO note: The previous two cases are from the same district but different villages and they are not relatives)

Confirmed #138 – Died 3/28

Name: 20 yo female

From: Behaira Gov.

Adm: 3/19

Onset: 3/14

DOD: 3/28

Notes: WHO Update #50

Confirmed #140

Name: 55 yo female

From: Behaira Gov.

Adm: 3/22

Onset: 3/20

Notes: Recovered & discharged 4/5. WHO Update #50.

Ismailia Gov.

Confirmed #130

Name: 38 yo female

From: Ismailia Gov.

Adm: 3/7

Onset: 3/1

DOD: 3/11

Notes: Exposure to poultry. WHO Update #47.

Suez Gov.

Confirmed #131 – Died 3/13

Name: 32 yo male

From: Suez Gov.

Adm: 3/12

Onset: 3/8

DOD: 3/13

Fayoum Gov.

Confirmed #141

Name: 1 yo male

From: Fayoum Gov.

Adm: 3/28

Onset: 3/20

Notes: Still under treatment, in stable condition. WHO Update #50

Confirmed #142 – Died 4/7

Name: 29 yo male

From: Fayoum Gov; Wadi Elrian area

Adm: 4/4

Onset: 4/1

DOD: 4/7

Notes: WHO Update #51

Confirmed #143

Name: 1 ½ year old malee

From: Fayoum Gov; Sennores District

Adm: 4/11

Onset: 4/9

Notes: Stable condition, under treatment. WHO Update #51.

Aswan Gov.

Confirmed #145

Name: 40 yo woman

From: Aswan Gov.

Adm: hospitalized

Onset: 5/14

Notes: Recovered, discharged. WHO Update #53.

Qulubiya Gov.

Confirmed #148 [Died 6/5]

Name: 31 yo male

From: Qulubiya Gov.

Adm:

Onset: 5/21

DOD: 6/5

Notes: WHO Update #52

Cairo Gov.

Confirmed #149 - [Died 6/2]

Name: 32 yo man

From: Cairo Gov.

Adm:

Onset: 5/23

DOD: 6/2

Notes: WHO Update #52. Quote from source: “The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported a fatal H5N1 infection in an Egyptian patient from Cairo governorate in a Jun 8 report, with few other details available other than a May 23 observation date. It's not clear if the WHO and FAO reports are referring to the same patient.”

Qena Gov.

Confirmed #150 [Died 6/14]

Name: 27 yo male

From: Deshna district

Adm: 6/13

Onset: 6/5

Died: 6/14

Notes: WHO Update #54

Egypt H5N1 Human Cases: Jan - June 11, 2011 - 31 Cases, 12 Deaths

The highest rate of mortality (b bird flu) in 2011

Detection and local development minister, Major General Mohsen Noamany for the arrival of deaths due to avian and pandemic influenza to the highest rates since the recognition and presence in Egypt, was during the period between the outbreak of the revolution of the 25th of January until the present time. Where Egypt has recorded since January this year until 22 June, 31 cases died of the disease, 12 of them.

Noamany attributed this to the state of security chaos, which the country has witnessed since the start of the revolution and even now, as some traders took advantage of the situation and have handled live birds is codified at random and without medical supervision or security.

And claims continued by the poultry traders and some other bodies to freeze the law 70 of 2009, which prevents the circulation of live birds, the Minister of local development that is under discussion to reconsider the law with the Supreme Committee for the birds of the Cabinet while not prejudicing the interests of the Egyptian citizen.

For his part, Chairman of the assistance the Ministry of solidarity and social justice, Mahmoud Ibrahim, told «Sunrise» that the freezing of Law 70 and to allow the circulation of live birds will help to reduce their prices by will exceed 30%, especially with the advent of Ramadan, which will help to reduce the prices of meat and face exploitation poultry traders to consumers.

The Ibrahim that the government the opportunity to allow the circulation of live birds and reduce the spread of the epidemic at the same time and by making daily patrols by the Board of Veterinary Medicine on all farms and shops of live poultry to ensure the safety and free of the epidemic, which will help to increase the rates of the legitimate trade of poultry and the reduction of the smuggling of live poultry, which works to raise the price.

Comes at a time, who questioned the Division of poultry Cairo Chamber of Commerce in the spread of bird flu as exaggerated, heading a memo to the Council of Ministers accused the government of Ahmed Nazif, the former of misleading the public, as all deaths that have been previously announced, there were only home a slight, demanding the formation of a neutral committee of the Egyptian university professors to detect the spread of the epidemic is real or not.

According to WHO statistics, the total number of cases of bird flu in Egypt since its inception in 2006 reached 150 cases of whom 52 died, and reached its highest this year in 2011 until last June to a record 31 cases, 12 of them died.

Saudi Arabia: New Diagnostic For Current Strain H5N1

2011-07-07

In the midst of providing therapeutic Aelloukaúaat of the most deadly diseases in the world, such as "bird flu", which is associated with the landmarks of the economic crisis, the researcher was able to Saudi Princess Najla girl Saud to provide technical and genetic calculated "to Saudi Preventive Medicine," a new way to fight the disease.
And able researcher added value for the diagnosis of avian "H5N1" and design a new first of its kind to detect strains modified for the Kingdom (strains Saudi Arabia) and to reduce the spread of the epidemic in the Kingdom if it occurs, depending on the molecular genetics in the new technology.

What constitutes innovation researcher - a Ph.D. thesis of modern King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah - the first patent in the Kingdom of the method of diagnosis of the disease different from the diagnosis of Europe, where they adopted in their search for a new application of the virus according to the nature of the bird kingdom, which from which to determine the diagnosis accurately and in record time .

The researcher indicated that the importance attached to patent lies in that the means of diagnostic molecular genetic currently used between the diagnosis of the virus and the discovery of strains of "mutant" new, which increases the risk of negative results are incorrect due to a mutation of the current strain of the virus to another strain, not the lack of The presence of the virus.

She stressed that the development of a new way with the value of "PCR" and the "Real time PCR" has made tremendous strides from the continued success during the present century, and most important of these techniques of molecular genetic techniques for the detection of this disease epidemic. It is hoped that this development to give added value to the means of diagnosis of avian influenza virus, and by the discovery of the virus and follow the development of new strains of it, and define the attributes immune it, which gives an opportunity for the quick response of an endemic situation arising from the spread of these strains, which increases the chances of success to contain the epidemic before they cause a disaster, local or global.

She stressed that the new technology that was developed specifically for the strains of Saudi Arabia of avian influenza virus fully compatible with those strains Saudi Arabia, in contrast to the way other that are not designed based on sequences of the DNA of the strains of Saudi Arabia, where the results of the analysis of information vital to these prefixes and a degree of incompatibility between the sequences of these primers and DNA sequences of the viral strains of influenza virus from Saudi Arabia birds. The results of the analysis of PCR real time RT results of bioinformatics analysis, where results showed that the way in Saudi Arabia specialized strains of avian influenza virus have a higher degree of sensitivity of these methods are not specialized.

Bird Flu Spreads

Thursday, 07-07-2011
Regency Sidrap Provincial Government Assistance Request
Sidrap, BKM - endemic areas of bird flu in Sidrap, growing widespread. Initially only a few points are identified infected with this deadly virus. Now, the reach of its distribution reach several locations in several districts in Sidrap.

Regent Sidrap Masse H Rusdi already ordered Kadis Husbandry and Fisheries (Disnakkan) Sidrap, Muh Aziz to immediately resolve it. He even asked for the access entrance to the District Sidrap, tightened.
Head of the Muh Aziz Disnakkan Sidrap to BKM on Wednesday acknowledged the widespread coverage if a pandemic of Avian Influenza (AI) is already alarming and extended to several districts.

The indicators he said, the number of chickens died of bird flu continued to grow positively.
Some of the district which is now isolated by the District Maritengae pihgak Disnakkan, Tellu Limpoe, Panca chert, Panca Lautang, Kulo, Baranti and District Watang Sidenreng.
The mortality rate of birds previously released only around 10 thousands. Now Muh Aziz said the numbers continue to grow. He added that the bird flu endemic area currently community continues to grow based on the report. Not yet known exactly how large the number of cattle chickens that died suddenly from before, but certainly some of the residents of various districts have reported dozens of his cattle if the poultry that died unnatural.

Previously, Kasi Keswan Disnakkan Sidrap drh Zaenal also claims the same thing. According to the spread of this deadly virus has been uneven. Even thought, the spillover is reaching out to the Village and Village Tanete Allakuang as well known around the largest breeding base in Sidrap.
Birds that are already infected with bird flu Zaenal said very little chance to be saved. The only best solution to reducing avian mortality is a preventive or preventative measures.
To fix this, "I'll let all poultry owners to actively take reasonable precautions by spraying disinfectant into each pen. Restriction people out into the enclosure is also considered to break the transmission chain," he said.
Zaenal said the spread of bird flu virus in Sidrap will continue to happen. With current conditions, it is not easy for agencies to address the spread of bird flu this alone. Therefore, active community involvement is also required.
Nevertheless said Zaenal, Animal Husbandry Department continues to attempt to stop the spread of bird flu virus is not to continue expanding. Concrete actions undertaken by the residents belong to vaccinate poultry. Not only that, the service also spraying disinfectant into the sometimes poultry.

Thousands of Chickens Exposed to Bird Flu in Sidrap

Parepare, Tribun-TIMUR.COM - Head of the DVO Sidrap Abd Aziz, visited a number of farmers in Sub District Sidrap Panca chert, following the discovery of tens of thousands of laying and broiler chickens that died suddenly.

Information compiled, poultry deaths in Sidrap which is known to gate eggs in eastern Indonesia because of bird flu confirmed

Expert warns of bird flu pandemic

Published on July 6, 2011

A health expert has warned of a potential bird flu pandemic after noting mutations in the H5N1 influenza virus that allow it to survive longer.
Public Health Ministry senior health expert Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh said an avian flu pandemic could return in the near future, citing a report from 2009 that showed the H5N1 virus had mutated and could live for longer periods in animals' bodies.
"A report found changes in the structure of the H5N1 virus that was spreading in Indonesia," he said. "These changes have allowed the virus to develop so that it can live in animals' bodies for longer periods but causes less mortality than the original virus," he said.

Concern mounts over deadly Australian horse virus

(BRISBANE, Australia — Concern over the killer Hendra virus mounted in Australia Wednesday after a sixth horse died in an outbreak, and 26 people underwent tests after coming into contact with sick animals.

In the latest case, a horse fell ill and died at a farm south of Brisbane on Monday, not far from where other Hendra cases have been confirmed.

Six animals are now dead since the outbreak first emerged on June 20 -- five in southern Queensland state and one in northern New South Wales.

The rare virus can spread to humans, leading to fatal respiratory illness, and has killed four of the seven people who have contracted it in Australia since it was first documented in 1994.

"The recent spate of diagnosis of Hendra virus are deeply concerning," Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters.

"My heart goes out to the people who are waiting for these results."

In Queensland, 17 people who were exposed to the sick horses are waiting to learn if they have contracted the deadly virus.

Nine others in New South Wales are also awaiting test results.

Named after the Brisbane suburb in which is was first documented and thought to be unique to Australia, Hendra is believed to be carried by fruit bats (flying foxes) and spread via their urine and droppings.

The bats, which have no symptoms of disease, then pass the infection to horses, possibly via half-chewed fruit or other water or food they contaminate, and these animals then transmit it to humans.

Queensland's top public health officer Jeannette Young told Sky News that humans needed to have "very high" exposure to the horses, such as through excretions, to become infected with the virus.

"There's been only seven human cases since 1994, so it's very rare," she said, adding that you cannot contract it from patting a horse.

"Whether there will be fresh outbreaks, we simply don't know."

More than 50 horses have died, or had to be put down, in 18 outbreaks of the virus since 1994.

Bird Flu, Chicken in Sidrap Thousands Dead

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 13:57 pm

Sidrap, KOMPAS.com - The case of avian influenza or bird flu, endemic area Sidrap District, South Sulawesi. At least 10,000 chickens died suddenly. In fact, the epidemic is already widespread in most areas of the existing farm centers in the District Sidrap.

Areas that have indicated the spread of avian influenza (AI) among Wanio Village, District Panca Lautang; Lanrang and Bulo village, and village Tanete. While the production center's largest breeding laying hens in the village Sidrap Tanete.

First, the spread of bird flu virus was found in the village of Wanio, last Monday. From there, the virus spread to the point of other farm locations in several other districts.

Head of the DVO to Kompas.com Sidrap Muhammad Aziz said, after receiving reports from citizens, it immediately formed a team to immediately monitor the location of bird flu was first attacked.

"We've taken samples of dead birds. As a result, the chickens that died of bird flu has been positive," he said on Wednesday (07/06/2011).

The spread of AI virus, said Muhammad Aziz, very quickly and spread to other farms. Dapaknya very detrimental to farmers. In fact, the spread of bird flu in the district Sidrap classified as very high, reached 10,000 birds. "Most attacks domestic poultry and spread almost evenly throughout the region. If the type of chicken, only at some point," he said.

Currently, said Muhammad Aziz, his side while spraying desifektan across chicken farms in the District Sidrap considered vulnerable. Animal Husbandry Department officials lowered Surveylens and Participatory Disease Response (PDSR).

Noted there are still 3.4 million chickens and 2 million broiler chickens in the District Sidrap that must be saved. "However, we expect people not panic because this will then be handled," he said.

Make sure BS RSHS Bird Flu Negative

Faith Herdiana - OkezoneRabu, July 6, 2011 16:09 pm
BANDUNG-After five days isolated in a room Flamboyan Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS), Bandung, a man with the initials BS was declared negative, aka bird flu (H5N1).

"Based on the examination of the Health Research and Development (Research and Development) Jakarta against Mr. BS result is negative," said Director of Medical and Nursing RSHS, Rudi Kadarsyah on Wednesday (07/06/2011).

Rudi said, since Tuesday BS already left the isolation room in a healthy condition.

"The development of Mr. BS patients with H1N1 and H5N1, the negative results of Research and Development. At home, his condition had improved and calm, "he said.

BS RSHS admitted suffering from colds, cough, and fever, since last Friday, July 1. Officials at a government agency that had contact with poultry before experiencing symptoms such as bird flu. H5N1 cases have not occurred in West Java, especially in Bandung....

Indonesia: W. Java - Suspected Human Contracted H5N1 Bird Flu

uesday, 05 July 2011

Cimahi - Belasanunggas in Kampung Suka Maju RT 09/06, Village Padasuka, District Central Cimahi, Cimahi, suspected of contracting bird flu. This was based on signs of illness experienced by birds in the region. Nevertheless, KUKM Department of Trade Industry and Agriculture (Diskopindagtan) can not be sure because unggasunggas disease must go through laboratory tests. Officers Diskopindagtan Cimahi Irfan Dawn said it only checks, taking blood samples, saliva, Kolaka, and vaccine delivery. "The signs we can see from the results of several birds, but still requires laboratory testing," he said after the examination poultry in Kampung Suka Maju, yesterday. -snip- Sampling of poultry from the region also triggered allegations of a resident who contracted the bird flu that could undergo Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung (RSHS) Bandung. "We just want to be sure, poultry around his home taxable or not," he said. According to Tita, poultry populations in as many as 184,574 Cimahi tail consisting of 35.324 chickens, ducks 6313, and 142,737 birds. Local resident, Ahmad, claimed, maintains about 100 ducks, 50 chickens village, and 19 domestic chickens. He was concerned with the alleged bird flu disease in its territory. However, to maintain the health of poultry, Ahmad claimed to regularly clean the poultry barn at least once every two days, including dirt farmers who utilized around.

Seeds blamed for Europe E. coli still on sale

LONDON (AP) - Officials say Egyptian fenugreek seeds blamed for Europe's E. coli outbreak are still on the market and were shipped to more countries than was previously believed, including Austria, Britain and Spain.

The European Food Safety Authority confirmed in a report Tuesday that one lot of contaminated seeds from Egypt was probably the source of the recent food poisoning outbreaks in Germany and France. But it says the number of European countries that received parts of the suspected lots is "much larger than previously known."

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Suspect Bird Flu Blood Samples Sent to Jakarta

Faith Herdiana - OkezoneSabtu, July 2, 2011 21:07 pm 2 5Email0
Illustration of people with bird flu (Photo: Legal) BANDUNG-Team special handling infectious diseases Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) Bandung, West Java, sending blood samples to a citizens Cimahi Balitbangkes, Jakarta.

Patient initials BS (45) unexpectedly contracted the bird flu virus after experiencing fever and colds. She suffered from fever after removing the bird in an event with a colleague who had been treated for the same tdiduga virus.

"Yesterday we did take care of a suspect. Patients who are suspected of bird flu," explained Director of Medical and Nursing RSHS Rudi Kadarsyah when contacted Legal, Saturday (03/07/2011).

Before suffering a high fever, BS is in contact with poultry that were referred Cimahi Health Department to receive special treatment in RSHS.

"Yes, hopefully not the bird flu. But we've sent the sample to Balitbangkes. Positive or not we wait two to three days, "said Rudi.

While awaiting the results of the test sample, it had isolated the patient. RSHS also has provided care and treatment as a standard against the suspect.

Rudi added, when brought to RSHS patients experiencing bird flu-like symptoms such as coughs, colds, and fevers. Now the complaint has been reduced. "Today has been no improvement. Hopefully not the bird flu, "he concluded.

Day-3 observed at the Flamboyan, BSP Improved Patient Conditions

Bandung - Patient BSP (45) who were treated at room Flamboyan RS Hasan Sadikin, his condition began to improve. State officials in the city of Bandung has to be observed, diagnosed with symptoms of influenza like illness (ILI) after last week had contact with poultry.

"The development of improved patient today. Crowded reduced. The patient was quiet, breathing spontaneously and in a fully conscious state," said team member Dr. RSHS Handling Special Infections Primal Sudjana in a short message to detikbandug, Sunday (07/03/2011).

Mobilization of the patient was referred to the Primal already active. Blood pressure and pulse were stable. "The temperature of 36.7 degrees centigrade tubunhnya now," he added.

Team doctors today will take samples for laboratory examination day to AI-3.

In earlier reports, the master BSP is known to touch the birds along with the late Chevy Ganda, Pos Kota senior journalist who died last Thursday (06/30/2011). At the moment came, the patient complained of cough, runny nose, fever is not high, and too weak.

But the doctor until now, has not specified the master BSP is suspect bird flu (avian influenza) because they have not known whether positive or poultry that is not touched. In addition there is no news there are also birds that died suddenly.

Previously, the Department of Health (Health Office) Bandung Chevy Dual trace the cause of death, Pos Kota senior journalist who died on Thursday afternoon (30/06/2011). Final examination results showed, Pos Kota newspaper reporter died of pneumonia.

But during the process pemusalaran and funerals, there is an unusual sight. Four officers of Bandung Health Office dressed in white, covered with a watertight cover the entire body from head to foot as well as handling the cases of bird flu. The deceased was sealed from the hospital to take home. The body is inserted into the coffin and nailed.

After the funeral, officers include all clothing, gloves and cloth the rest of the cemetery into plastic bags. They then burn them on vacant land near the cemetery. As with BSP, health office also would not call the reporter who has been acting since 1975 as a suspect.

Suspect Bird Flu Patient Login RSHS

Nusantara / Friday, July 1, 2011 22:33 AM

Metrotvnews.com, Bandung: Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) Bandung, long unheard of or unexpected treat patients suspect bird flu. But suddenly today, Friday (1 / 7) at around 17:45 pm, there are patients who are suspected of bird flu into hospital.

"Yes there is a male patient, Mr. B, suspected bird flu which was referred to RSHS this afternoon at around 17:45 pm," said a member of the Special Infectious Disease Medical Team Dr. Primal Sudjana RSHS Bandung, when contacted by cell phone Friday night.

Primal said, this time the patient is getting intensive treatment in a special room, the room Flamboyan Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung. "Patients now have entered the room Flamboyan to get intensive care," he said.

According to him, the patient is referred by the officers of Health (Health Office) Cimahi to RSHS Bandung. "Actually, a referral from the health office here, just the location or place of residence of patients in Cimahi, so each officer referred to the Health Office Cimahi RSHS her," said Dr. Primal.

He said, the time of entry into the Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung, Mr. B was experiencing flu-like symptoms, fever and cough, but without shortness of breath.

"When patients are referred to here have flu, fever and cough without shortness of breath. Why do we care at the Flamboyan because based on the information obtained, the patient Mr. B had previously been in direct contact with poultry," said Dr. Primal.

Bird flu hits Southern Cape farm

2011-07-03 08:02

George - Specially trained ostriches have had to be culled after testing positive for avian flu, the Sunday Times reported.

The "prize" ostriches had been trained to give rides to visitors and had been a feature of Highgate Farm, outside of Oudtshoorn, for over 80 years.

Arenhold Hooper owns the farm, which is one of 18 where the outbreak occurred. He had not received financial compensation for the loss of his ostriches and had to retrench 39 staff.

Chief executive officer of the SA Ostrich Business Chamber, Anton Kruger, said the disease was particularly serious as it came at a time when the industry was recovering from the recession.

- SAPA

Egypt: Detention of a child and housewife Menoufia for suspected bird flu

29-6-2011
Fever Hospital Ashmun detained two new injuries on suspicion of bird flu Menoufia, following the emergence of symptoms of the disease on them from the pain in the joints and high temperature.

And the Department of Health announced that the two cases Menoufia one to claim a child saw Hafiz Zakaria 5 years from the estate of the village of Al-Basha Casting Bohmon Sunday, and the second case of a housewife called Rabab Ahmed Mohamed Moawad 35 years of estate belonging to the village duck wild Bohmon.
Dr. Ayman Abdel-Moneim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Menoufia to have been sampling them for analysis and to make sure they got the disease, stressing that the two suspects Khaltta dead birds were the encyclopedia reared at home, in addition to that it was sampled from the rest of the family members for analysis in the central laboratories at the Ministry of Health and make sure extent of injury.

France records first E. coli death - different strain than Germany Outbreak

Jul 2 06:15 AM US/Eastern

PARIS (AP) - Authorities have recorded the first death in France's E. coli outbreak.

Dr. Benoit Vendrely at Bordeaux Hospital in southwest France said the 78-year-old woman died early Saturday morning.

She had been hospitalized in Bordeaux since June 24 with hemolytic uremic syndrome—the rare kidney condition that the most seriously ill victims of the outbreak are suffering from.

Vendrely said the strain of E.coli the woman was infected with was not the one implicated in the deaths of 48 people in Germany and one each in the United States and Sweden. He didn't identify the source of the French woman's E. coli contamination.

Seven other patients remain at the same French hospital, six of whom have been confirmed to have the same strain of E.coli as in the outbreak that originated in Germany.

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Toll 50, NIV blames ‘new virus’

Teena Thacker , Santosh Singh

Posted: Thu Jun 30 2011, 00:14 hrs

New Delhi, Patna: An “uncommon” or a “new virus” may have hit Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, where a mysterious disease has claimed 50 children — all aged below 10 — till now, experts have said.


The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has ruled out Japanese Encephalitis (JE), Nipah and Chandipura virus after testing the samples. “It could be an unknown or a new virus. We have ruled out JE, Nipah, Chandipura, but are yet to come to a conclusion,” NIV Director Dr A C Misra said.


He said it would take some days to identify the virus as they had not got the “right samples” yet. “We have asked for brain biopsies which we think would help identify the virus. We are likely to get one sample tomorrow,” he added.


Muzaffarpur Magistrate S K Mall confirmed the NIV team collected one brain tissue sample from a child, who died on Tuesday.


A team from the National Center for Disease Control, which had also visited the area, is yet to come out with its results. The team had got samples of cerebrospinal fluids but those would not be enough, according to experts.


A senior official in the Union Health Ministry said nothing could be done unless the virus was found. “As of now, we don’t even know whether it is a water-borne, mosquito-borne or air-borne virus. The interventions will depend on the nature of the virus,” he said.


With three more deaths in the last 48 hours, the toll reached 50 on Wednesday. Over 20 patients are still admitted in various hospitals.


Officials said there was no need to declare an epidemic, the main objective of which would have been to empower doctors to take brain tissues despite objections of the victims’ families because of the procedure of opening the skull.


The NIV team, however, said there was no need to open the skull. It can be collected with a needle through the nostril. “Taking brain tissues after death is not a complicated process,” said Dr Arun Shah, a member of the team.


Bihar Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said as the main objective to get brain tissues was served, there was no immediate need to segregate a particular region as epidemic -hit.

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Full Muzaffarpur sick, the poor governance Babu

2 hours 42 minutes ago

The arrogance of good governance on the issue of filling the power of the Nitish Kumar has already failed and is ineffective in terms of health. Polls opened Babu claims of good governance across the unknown disease in Muzaffarpur in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district in the past fortnight has taken the lives of 59 children.

Inseflaitis before the disease was believed to be Japanese, but all tests so far have not known the disease is found. Clearly, after so many innocent lives yet good governance Babu's government is proving to be useless in detecting disease.
Associated with the disease so far 62 samples have been sent to Pune's National Institute Wayroloji. These 22 samples have been checked. After investigation, experts have not yet confirmed by the Japanese Inseflaitis. Check the samples also showed that children are not suffering from NIEPA virus and Chandipura virus. The remaining 40 samples to check the work is still ongoing. Many samples have been sent to Pune, for instance - CSF (Spinal check), blood sample, and more. Reach the affected area in the living animal, bat and Mchcdon the blood sample is being analyzed.
Shri K. Mishra, Principal Secretary, Department of Health National Institute Wayroloji has sought help from the experts. The expert on your part are to provide all the help. Yet still the heart of the matter could not be reached.

Sample of brain tissue that can be checked to find out the disease, but the government has to declare the epidemic disease. Snr Act frightening and horrible plague epidemic in India in 1897 was designed to control. The Act gives powers to the government of the disease prevention with a sample of any part of the patient is likely to check it. The Act provides also that the suffering patient to prevent transmission of disease to be avoided and on the location - clean to be taken care of.

The district collector Santosh Kumar Mall of the State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sent a proposal to this effect. Mr. Malla believe that this unknown disease outbreak will be declared to understand the mystery of the disease.

Currently, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. Krishna Kumar, Dr. Brij Mohan, Dr. Arun Shah and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, who specialize in infant as a team in the district are trying to fight the unknown disease. District Magistrate Santosh Kumar Mall from June 26 under the massive cleanup operation is being carried out in 63 affected villages. The sequence of B grade nurses and primary health centers in the designated area, particularly the development of the Seedeepio advised to keep an eye on. The series of these exercises as a sequel is being made to check the health of the elderly
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Even if it was not yet the disease is unknown. But it can be fitted to the speculation that the disease is associated coil deep **** for sure, because so far have come from the patient Mushri. (Mushri called the place where people live Mushr caste) members of this nation's way of life is very dirty. Their main diet is the rat and pig meat.
It's basically your stomach and raise wages and Deshi Srab are sold.

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Here is the question that every district Prshasn water after passing through the top of the head comes into action, why? Planned and the administration will work with such an epidemic, we rarely have to face to face...

Two more children die in Bihar, encephalitis toll climbs to 44

26/06/2011











Muzaffarpur, Jun 26 (PTI) Two more children died today due to encephalitis taking the toll to 44 in Bihar''s Muzaffarpur district, officials said.

One child each died of the fever at Srikrishna Medical College Hospital and Kejriwal hospital here, they said.
Twenty-four more children were undergoing treatment for encephalitis at two hospitals in the district, they said.

Meanwhile, district magistrate S K Mall has recommended to the state government to declare the outbreak of encephalitis as an epidemic, official sources said.

New cases of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children

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A week after the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prompted an alert
by the health minister, Jaime Manalich, it has been reported that
"there is still a substantial increase in cases in the need of
hospitalization." This is because 90 per cent of children who are
referred to health services with respiratory problems require hospital
admission: in 8 out of 10 such cases the infection can lead to
pneumonia.

"800 new cases of RSV infection in children are being recorded every
week," according to the secretary of state. For his part,
under-secretary for health care Luis Castillo said that so far 231 new
beds had been provided in addition to the 535 beds already converted
as part of the Winter Plan, to provide in total 766 additional
pediatric beds in the system. A total of 8 hospitals (Roberto del
Río, Exequiel Gonzalez Cortes, Sotero del Rio, Calvo Mackenna, Padre
Hurtado, Gustavo Fricke, Van Buren and Felix Bulnes) are providing
ventilators and monitors to convert beds to acute care facilities.

The under-secretary stated that this weekend the directors of health
services in the metropolitan region and the areas with the highest
incidence of RSV infection will take steps to verity that the the
network is fully functional. "We have organized a series of hospital
visits for this weekend. In addition information will be circulated
online to monitor the situation in the emergency care network in order
to respond immediately to demands," said Castillo.

Also from this Friday [24 Jun 2011] until 31 Jul 2011, the army will
also be supporting the public health system in dealing with RSV.

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[The delayed appearance of the winter influenza virus season in the
Southern Hemisphere (see ProMed-mail report archived as: Influenza
(42): WHO update 20110623.1921) has revealed the acute stress placed
on health services in some countries (for example, Chile and some
other South American countries particularly) by the recurrent annual
outbreaks of RSV infection affecting children in these countries.

RSV is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing
passages. Most otherwise healthy people recover from RSV infection in
1 to 2 weeks. However, infection can be severe in some people, such as
certain infants, young children, and older adults. RSV is the
commonest cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways in
the lung) and pneumonia in children under 1 year of age. In addition,
RSV is more often being recognized as an important cause of
respiratory illness (and death) in older adults.

People infected with RSV are usually contagious for 3 to 8 days.
However, some infants and people with weakened immune systems can be
contagious for as long as 4 weeks. RSV is often introduced into the
home by school-aged children who are infected with RSV and have a mild
upper respiratory tract infection, such as a cold. RSV can be rapidly
transmitted to other members of the family, often infecting about half
of other household members.

In temperate climates, RSV infections generally occur during autumn,
winter, and early spring. The timing and severity of RSV circulation
in a given community can vary from year to year. There is currently no
vaccine available.

NIV receives blood samples from Bihar

Jun 23, 2011, 06.12am IST
PUNE: The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) received four samples of blood, urine and fluid surrounding the brain and spine of children infected with a viral infection from Bihar on Wednesday. Twenty-six children have died of a mysterious illness in Muzaffarpur, Sheohar and adjoining districts of Bihar in the last few days. The children were all in the age group of two-and-a-half to six years.

"Prima facie, these are cases that fall under Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), characterised by inflammation of the brain. Fatalities in AES are very high. Globally, the cause in 40 to 50 per cent of encephalitis cases is never ascertained. The Chandipura virus, which occurred in Nagpur, also caused similar illness and fatality," A C Mishra, director of NIV told TOI.

"Around five years ago, a similar outbreak was reported from Bihar. We had collected samples during that time but the disease-causing agent could not be detected," said Mishra. "This happens not only in India but across the world. In 40 % to 50 % of encephalitis cases, the agent is not known. This is because the technology for detecting the disease-causing agent is still not advanced enough.

"We have twice used frontline diagnostic methods in testing the samples we received, but we could not detect the agent. Efforts are on but we need some time. We hope to find out the cause this time," Mishra said.

Tuesday the NIV had ruled out Japanese encephalitis (JE) as the cause of the children's deaths.


The mysterious illness is largely seen in children living near the lychee gardens in the affected districts of Bihar. The lychee fruit ripens when the summer is ending and the monsoon is about set in. We are looking to see if there is any connection. Our seven-member team that has gone to the affected districts are also taking samples of animals and insects from the adjoining areas of the affected districts in Bihar," Mishra said.

AES, including JE, is reported mainly from Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, which have approximately 80% of cases and deaths with a case fatality rate of 20 to 25 %. Specific antiviral drugs for AES are not available and the cases are managed symptomatically, states the official website of the national vector-borne disease control programme (NVDCP) of the Government of India.

Clinically, a case of AES is defined as a person of any age, at any time of year, with the acute onset of fever and a change in mental status (including symptoms such as confusion, disorientation, coma, or inability to talk.

Other early clinical findings may include an increase in irritability, somnolence or abnormal behaviour greater than that seen with usual febrile illness.

E. coli outbreak caused by mix of 2 deadly strains

(AP) LONDON - A mix of two dangerous E. coli strains caused the recent deadly food poisoning outbreak in Germany, according to a new study of the bacteria’s DNA.

Scientists said the E. coli outbreak strain combined one that makes a toxin and another that sticks to the gut in a way that potentially speeds up the body’s absorption of the toxin. They described it as "unprecedented" in its lethality.

"The two strains are in themselves quite nasty," said Hugh Pennington, an emeritus professor of microbiology at the University of Aberdeen, who wrote an accompanying commentary on the research.

"It may be that more of the bugs are sticking to the intestines, and that may result in more toxin being produced," he said.

Experts had earlier suggested, based on an early DNA sequence of the bacteria, that the new strain was particularly aggressive because it reproduced quickly and released more toxin than similar bacteria.

Unlike previous E. coli outbreaks, the German strain caused three times as many cases of a severe complication that can lead to kidney failureIt was the deadliest E. coli outbreak in history, infecting 3,601 people and killing 39 across Europe, with most cases in Germany. More than 800 people developed kidney problems from the outbreak that peaked in late May.

German officials identified sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany as the outbreak’s cause, though they don’t know how the sprouts got infected.

There are hundreds of E. coli strains in the environment, and many strains dangerous to humans come from animals like cows and sheep. People naturally carry E. coli in their gut but few strains cause illness. But the bacteria is constantly evolving and swapping genes with other strains, giving it countless opportunities to mutate into a killer version.

Pennington said it is crucial to find out whether this new E. coli strain is widely circulating in animals. "If it turns out to be very common in cattle, that would ring alarm bells that this kind of (outbreak) might happen again in the future," he said.

In the new study, researchers at the University of Muenster and the Robert Koch Institute analyzed samples from 80 patients sent to a national laboratory between May 23 and June 2. The analysis was paid for by the German government and Network Zoonoses. It was published Thursday in the journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases....

Avian influenza situation in Egypt - WHO update 54

Wed 22 Jun 2011
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), CSR, Disease Outbreak News
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<http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_06_22/en/index.html>


As of Wed 22 Jun 2011 the Ministry of Health of Egypt has notified
WHO of a new case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1)
virus. The case is a 27 year old man from Qena governorate, Deshna
district. He developed symptoms on 5 Jun 2011, was hospitalized and
was put on oseltamivir treatment on 13 Jun 2011. He died on Tue 14 Jun
2011.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that the patient
had exposure to poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

The case was confirmed by the Egyptian sub-national laboratory for
Influenza in Aswan and the Central Public Health Laboratories in
Cairo, a National Influenza Centre of the WHO Global Influenza
Surveillance Network.

Of the 150 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 52 have been fatal.

Bihar: Connect with unexplained fever since the death of 50 innocent Patna

22, 2011,18:41
All children die by age 2 years to 10 years. East Champaran and Gopalganj districts of the disease's outbreak. National Institute Wayroloji in Pune Dr. BB Tendle said patients' blood samples and only after the disease will be known.

Muzaffarpur, East Champaran and Gopalganj of the 76 children admitted to the civil hospitals in the undisclosed illness. The officials said they Madikl College Hospital in Muzaffarpur, 18 children have been killed.


[ English summary
Three more children have died due to a mysterious fever in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the toll to at least 50.

Muzaffarpur

Muzaffarpur in Bihar in a certain way in the last four days, his fever has created havoc. Since the mysterious fever has killed 32 children. 6 dozen children in the hospital while battling life and death.


In fact the last four days in hospital in Muzaffarpur Kejriwal four dozen children are enrolled. One - two dozen children in other Government hospitals are waging a war of life and death.The temperature is just above the neck. The Just - C delay is deadly. To investigate the disease there is no system in Muzaffarpur.
The disease has also sought a report on the state government.

Mystery disease keeps state guessing

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Patna, June 21:

The death toll resulting from the spread of the mysterious disease in Muzaffarpur has gone up to 24 today and the total number of children suffering from the disease has been ascertained at 66 in Bihar since the first case was reported on June 14. However, initial reports have been negative for encephalitis and health department would be bearing all medical expenses for the treatment of the patients hit by the disease, the health department said today.

Besides, individual intensive care unit has been put up at Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) for treating the patients. Today, a team of National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune arrived in Patna to collect the culture samples from the affected children. The health department has also proposed establishment of a viral laboratory in the state. “The initial tests on blood samples collected by Rajendra Memorial Research Institute (RMRI) team from the children suffering from this disease have reported negative for encephalitis.
Last year, too, some deaths occurred during this period and samples were sent to NIV, Pune. While the initial reports indicated negative for encephalitis, however, the final finding could not be furnished because of some reservations expressed by NIV regarding collection of samples. Thus, this year NIV team itself has come for blood collection and the respective report is expected to be furnished within 190 days,” said Ashwini Kumar Choubey, state health minister.

The disease, which is still not given a name by the state health department, has spread in seven places in Muzaffarpur including Kanti, Sankara, Bochaha, Mushari, Pary, Meenapur and Kudhani. Children between the age- group of 8 and 14 years are prone to this disease. Total 42 patients have been admitted to Kejriwal maternity clinic till date, among which 10 children have died. Another 24 patients have been admitted to SKMCH wherein 12 among them could not survive. However, health department officials claimed that the admission of children suffering from this disease has come down lately.
The health department has issued some preventive measures to be adopted by the people in the affected regions. “Starting today, a team of antamology from RMRI and local civil surgeons of the affected regions have started marking the houses or villages, which have come with children suffering from this disease. Around 50 such houses would be fogged. DDT and melathinine would also be spread in the areas,” said Choubey.


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Mystery disease kills four more in Bihar

Patna, June 21 (IANS) Four more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll to 32, officials said Tuesday.
The children died after reporting high fever followed by convulsions and unconsciousness.

Bihar Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey told IANS that two expert teams will help identify the disease that had killed several children in last few days.

"It is not proper to term it encephalitis," Choubey said.

Locals termed the disease "chamki ki bimari" and said the symptoms were similar to encephalitis, a disease that causes inflammation of the brain.

Over three dozen children are undergoing treatment in hospitals.

Egypt H5N1: Housewife detention on suspicion of being infected with bird flu Menoufia

20-6-2011

Fever Hospital was held Ashmun new case on suspicion of being infected with bird flu, Menoufia, following the onset of symptoms of illness.
Department of Health announced Menoufia that the situation called for a housewife Amina Ibrahim Mahmoud Ibrahim, 40 years old housewife from the village of Abu legs hair Centre Ashmun and that was to take a sample for analysis and to make sure she had been ill and that the suspect had contact with dead birds are reared at home .. In addition, samples were taken from the rest of the family members for analysis in laboratories and the central Ministry of Health to ascertain the extent of the injury or not.

Epilepsy, lung disease outbreaks them dead girl, the family

Date 06/19/2011 (20:21)

Unknown cause interstitial lung disease was endemic in this group of the family, one-year-old woman has died a child.

Kyungnam University Hospital three months ago, one of the fibrosis, interstitial lung disease accompanied by symptoms had been hospitalized died this morning says a little girl.

Meanwhile, the girls' mother and sister with the same symptoms at a hospital in Seoul, has been hospitalized.

Family-onset lung disease deaths a year old girl

Acute lung disease of unknown cause in the mother took three of the 1-year-old second daughter was killed today in worse ill.

Three months ago his lungs stiff and stark with idiopathic pulmonary infection in a 32-year-old mother and 6-year-old first daughter, now all in the hospital in Seoul, which she received a lung transplant is recovering.

Pulmonary disease, epilepsy, children in Gyeongnam Death Knight theme

2011-06-19 15:43
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Suffering from epilepsy, lung disease in Gyeongnam his two-year-old girl has died suddenly ill akhwadwae.



Kyungnam University Hospital in the model of epilepsy in the hospital undergoing treatment for lung disease, his two-year-old girl has died there.

Children who died last March 29th, two are in hospital after ICU spend another serious move has died.

Interview: The deceased family]
"There is no special symptoms, the ICU was moved to see him yesterday evening I felt fine this morning has died on."

At the hospital said the cause of death accompanied by fibrosis, epilepsy, lung disease.

As well as the mother of these children are sick, being pyeyisiksusuleul still in recovery, the ICU moved my sister has been known to serious condition.

E. coli bug in first human-to-human transition

19/06/2011 - 10:48:37
The E. coli bug responsible for a deadly recent outbreak in Germany has been passed from human to human for the first time.

Health officials say the discovery was made at a catering company near Frankfurt.

Authorities say a woman working in a kitchen of a catering company became infected with the virus after eating sprouts and passed it on to 20 people she prepared food for.

The bacteria has so far killed almost 40 people.

E. Coli Bacteria Are Found in a Brook in Frankfurt, DPA Reports

By Ragnhild Kjetland -


Jun 18, 2011 5:06 AM ETThe aggressive 0104:H4 E. coli bacteria strain has been found in a brook in Frankfurt, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported, citing an unidentified spokesman from the Hesse state Environment Ministry.

The brook is not connected to the drinking water supply so there is no danger of contamination, DPA said.

Two farms bordering on the brook, which have used the water to irrigate potatoes, sugar beets and starch potatoes, have now been forbidden to use the water, DPA said. It is unclear how the bacteria ended up in the brook and the results of tests should be ready within two to three days, DPA said

Egypt H5N1: 3 spots for the emergence of avian influenza Menoufia

17-6-2011

Dr Ahmed Fuad, the director of Veterinary Medicine, Menoufia, the emergence of three new positive foci of infection with bird flu center Ashmoun.
He developed the first case a house belonging to Mohammed Mr. Sharkawi, from the village Samadon and the second case, the home of the citizen Fawzi Zaki Abdel Latif, from Ezbet Abou Youssef belonging to the village Shatanof The third situation the home of Atif Rashad Imran, from the village of Manial bride result education at home, where he was taking a sample of birds household and sent to central laboratories and were positive on a sample.
Fouad said, that such focus has been discovered through field tests conducted by the Directorate and turned out to be domestic breeding birds have been culled and vaccinated birds nearby to prevent the spread of the disease.