WHO:Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 4
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 23, 2007 7:29 AM from WHO
22 January 2007
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 26-year-old woman from West Java Province developed symptoms on 11 January and died in hospital on 19 January. Initial investigations of the source of her infection indicate that the woman had been involved in the slaughter of sick chickens in the days prior to symptom onset.
Of the 80 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 62 have been fatal.
- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 6 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 7 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 7 days ago
- Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 8 days ago
- USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 9 days ago
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