Thailand:Suspected new human cases of avian flu in two provinces
submited by kickingbird at Oct, 25, 2005 16:19 PM from BangKok Post
Although the government is adamant the bird flu situation is under control, new suspected infections in humans have been found in Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi provinces. A poultry farm worker is in hospital in Nakhon Pathom and a young girl is being treated in Kanchanaburi, where two other adults also received Tamiflu injections.
Farm worker Thongpon Klompanya, 39, was admitted to Nakhon Pathom Provincial Hospital on Sunday after developing a high fever and he was placed under close watch for bird flu.
Five ducks have died mysteriously on the farm in tambon Prong Madua of Muang district, since Thursday. The farm belongs to Chalerm Nimpijarn, 70, of Khlong San district, Bangkok. He had 31 bantams, 11 geese, two peacocks, all fully grown, and 11 Muscovy ducks there.
Mr Chalerm told health and livestock officials yesterday that a pigeon had been found dead in his backyard last week. Then three ducks died on Thursday. He suspected bird flu killed them so he, his driver Prinya Sridaoruang, 35, and Mr Thongpon buried the ducks immediately on the property.
Mr Chalerm said he and his driver developed high fevers after returning to his house in Bangkok. Both men recovered fully after treatment at a private hospital.
He learned that two more of his Muscovy ducks died yesterday.
Mr Thongpon´s wife, Da, and son, Sakhon, were also sent to the hospital for checks. They had no symptoms but received precautionary treatment.
Mrs Da said her family had moved from Si Sa Ket province and lived at the farmhouse for 11 years. She did not think she and her son were infected as they had no contact with the birds.
Provincial livestock official Theerapong Visalkitti said that the dead ducks had been sent for tests in Ratchaburi while the farmhouse and its vicinity had been sprayed with disinfectant.
Dr Pinij Hiranchote, director of the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Hospital, said Mr Thongpon´s temperature was now lower. He was being kept in isolation and his family could see him only via a television monitor.
In Kanchanaburi, two more chicken farms in villages in Phanom Thuan an and Tha Maka districts were found to be infected with bird flu.
Jatuporn Khamchuen, Phanom Thuan district livestock chief, said samples from culled chickens from one of the 39 villages in the district were found to be infected.
There were about 300 chickens at the Bang Nongkae farm, owned by Mian Theppawong. All would be destroyed.
Since Oct 11, a total of 20,008 chickens on farms in Phanom Thuan district had been culled, he said.
Yingyos Chusomphop, acting chief of the Kanchanaburi livestock office, said chickens from another farm in tambon Phra Thaen in Tha Maka district were found to be infected. They were mainly native chickens. All would be killed. The farm is owned by Mrs Toi Huayhongthong.
Dr Surapong Tanthanasrikul, of the Kanchanaburi public health office, said yesterday a girl, aged 4, from tambon Tha Makham of Muang district, had been was added to the list of suspected bird flu infections. The girl´s family raised lovebirds and more than 20 of the birds had died from unknown causes.
There are two other suspected cases _ Thammanoon Kanluang, 10, a resident of tambon Don Jedi in Phanom Thuan district and Sam-arn Huohern, 48, of tambon Pangkru in the same district.
The two were given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Lab test results were expected in the next two days.
Public Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul yesterday inspected a village in tambon Nikhom Pattana in Bang Rakam district of Phitsanulok where nearly 200 ducks died last Wednesday.
About 1,300 teams of officials and volunteers were keeping a close watch and conducting preventive measures in 21 provinces where the disease had recurred while mobile laboratories would be deployed in the areas to conduct quick testing, he said.
A total of 3,442 fowls from 239 houses were culled in the village the minister visited and 176 local people who had been in contact with the birds will be put under close watch until Nov 1.
There were also concerns about 500 flocks of free-range ducks and 200,000 fighting cocks whose owners were reportedly being uncooperative.
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Farm worker Thongpon Klompanya, 39, was admitted to Nakhon Pathom Provincial Hospital on Sunday after developing a high fever and he was placed under close watch for bird flu.
Five ducks have died mysteriously on the farm in tambon Prong Madua of Muang district, since Thursday. The farm belongs to Chalerm Nimpijarn, 70, of Khlong San district, Bangkok. He had 31 bantams, 11 geese, two peacocks, all fully grown, and 11 Muscovy ducks there.
Mr Chalerm told health and livestock officials yesterday that a pigeon had been found dead in his backyard last week. Then three ducks died on Thursday. He suspected bird flu killed them so he, his driver Prinya Sridaoruang, 35, and Mr Thongpon buried the ducks immediately on the property.
Mr Chalerm said he and his driver developed high fevers after returning to his house in Bangkok. Both men recovered fully after treatment at a private hospital.
He learned that two more of his Muscovy ducks died yesterday.
Mr Thongpon´s wife, Da, and son, Sakhon, were also sent to the hospital for checks. They had no symptoms but received precautionary treatment.
Mrs Da said her family had moved from Si Sa Ket province and lived at the farmhouse for 11 years. She did not think she and her son were infected as they had no contact with the birds.
Provincial livestock official Theerapong Visalkitti said that the dead ducks had been sent for tests in Ratchaburi while the farmhouse and its vicinity had been sprayed with disinfectant.
Dr Pinij Hiranchote, director of the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Hospital, said Mr Thongpon´s temperature was now lower. He was being kept in isolation and his family could see him only via a television monitor.
In Kanchanaburi, two more chicken farms in villages in Phanom Thuan an and Tha Maka districts were found to be infected with bird flu.
Jatuporn Khamchuen, Phanom Thuan district livestock chief, said samples from culled chickens from one of the 39 villages in the district were found to be infected.
There were about 300 chickens at the Bang Nongkae farm, owned by Mian Theppawong. All would be destroyed.
Since Oct 11, a total of 20,008 chickens on farms in Phanom Thuan district had been culled, he said.
Yingyos Chusomphop, acting chief of the Kanchanaburi livestock office, said chickens from another farm in tambon Phra Thaen in Tha Maka district were found to be infected. They were mainly native chickens. All would be killed. The farm is owned by Mrs Toi Huayhongthong.
Dr Surapong Tanthanasrikul, of the Kanchanaburi public health office, said yesterday a girl, aged 4, from tambon Tha Makham of Muang district, had been was added to the list of suspected bird flu infections. The girl´s family raised lovebirds and more than 20 of the birds had died from unknown causes.
There are two other suspected cases _ Thammanoon Kanluang, 10, a resident of tambon Don Jedi in Phanom Thuan district and Sam-arn Huohern, 48, of tambon Pangkru in the same district.
The two were given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Lab test results were expected in the next two days.
Public Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul yesterday inspected a village in tambon Nikhom Pattana in Bang Rakam district of Phitsanulok where nearly 200 ducks died last Wednesday.
About 1,300 teams of officials and volunteers were keeping a close watch and conducting preventive measures in 21 provinces where the disease had recurred while mobile laboratories would be deployed in the areas to conduct quick testing, he said.
A total of 3,442 fowls from 239 houses were culled in the village the minister visited and 176 local people who had been in contact with the birds will be put under close watch until Nov 1.
There were also concerns about 500 flocks of free-range ducks and 200,000 fighting cocks whose owners were reportedly being uncooperative.
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