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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Indonesia : Bird Flu Case Statements To July 2010

This is an official statement from Indonesia's Ministry of Health. I'm not too sure if this has been reported in the local media yet, anyway excerpt from a translation done with Google Translate :

" In July 2010 there is one additional positive cases of bird flu (H5N1) in the name of YE (P, 34 years) who district of Tangerang, Banten. Positively infected by H5N1 cases were reported according to the examination Litbangkes dated July 12, 2010.

YE (P, 34 years) a teacher of high school (SMA) is a private in Tangerang district on July 2, 2010 went to the doctor private practice with symptoms of fever, cough and sore throat. It is not yet healed, two days later, the patient re-treatment and returned to private doctors refer directly to the hospital in the town of Tangerang swatsa.

During the treatment, patients experienced high fever, headache, sore throat, cough, breathlessness and diarrhea. During the three days hospitalized, YE conditions continue to deteriorate. Even on July 7, 2010 crowded heavier.X-ray results show the existence of severe pneumonia. YE then treated in the ICU (intensive care unit) and taken the throat and nasal swab specimens. The patient died on the same day at around 13:34 pm.

Risk factors could not be ascertained. But the information was obtained, ten days before the illness (June 2010), the patient traveled to Bandar Lampung.

Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Prof. dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama as the focal point of the IHR (International Health Reagulation) has also informed about the cases to the WHO."

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