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Re: Indonesia BF - 5/16/06
In this latest article Nicholas Zamiska
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...Graham Tallis, a WHO epidemiologist who has traveled to the family's village to investigate the cases, said that while health officials were on alert for cases of fever and that there were a lot of health care workers in the area, "there's no evidence of spread beyond the family group."
Seven people who had contact with the victims have all tested negative, Nyoman Kandun, director general of disease control and environmental health at the Indonesian Ministry of Health in Jakarta, said late Monday. He added that no additional cases of illness have been detected.
The WHO and local health officials are currently both trying to figure out how the group got sick. The family members all could have caught the virus from the same, avian source, perhaps while preparing a meal with an infected chicken.
The virus may have also passed directly between the family members, although direct transmission between humans has been suspected in very few cases. Even if that proves to be the case, while it would be an alarmingly large cluster of human-to-human infections, it wouldn't necessarily mean that the virus had evolved to spread easily among people, the possible prelude to a pandemic.
Obviously, from many other local sources of information, the WHO has stepped in and is directing real and substential help in the area.
Again, let me remind you that this help was ask by Doc Vallat of the OIE at the beginning of March when he stated that the Indenesia case was a 'Timebomb'.
Let me remind you too of the Health Minister of Health in Indonesia, asking for technical and financial help few weeks ago as he stated the 128 positive cases of H5N1.
So, many people from WHO and others are now on the ground and heading there.
We have notice via the local reports that some panic is spreading among the inhabitants.
Please let's not forget that panic is normal at this stage and it is not a confirmation of a unfolding h2h pandemic.
I would say, that it is a good thing that help has arrived and is on its way, it is time for all countries to realise that one country problem can become a global problem, therefore all help legitimaly needed should be provided without political considerations because of the Global Public Health implications.
In this latest article Nicholas Zamiska
URL for this article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB...5133754016.html
or for those who are not subscribers
http://www.flutrackers.com/ forum...12819#post12819
...Graham Tallis, a WHO epidemiologist who has traveled to the family's village to investigate the cases, said that while health officials were on alert for cases of fever and that there were a lot of health care workers in the area, "there's no evidence of spread beyond the family group."
Seven people who had contact with the victims have all tested negative, Nyoman Kandun, director general of disease control and environmental health at the Indonesian Ministry of Health in Jakarta, said late Monday. He added that no additional cases of illness have been detected.
The WHO and local health officials are currently both trying to figure out how the group got sick. The family members all could have caught the virus from the same, avian source, perhaps while preparing a meal with an infected chicken.
The virus may have also passed directly between the family members, although direct transmission between humans has been suspected in very few cases. Even if that proves to be the case, while it would be an alarmingly large cluster of human-to-human infections, it wouldn't necessarily mean that the virus had evolved to spread easily among people, the possible prelude to a pandemic.
Obviously, from many other local sources of information, the WHO has stepped in and is directing real and substential help in the area.
Again, let me remind you that this help was ask by Doc Vallat of the OIE at the beginning of March when he stated that the Indenesia case was a 'Timebomb'.
Let me remind you too of the Health Minister of Health in Indonesia, asking for technical and financial help few weeks ago as he stated the 128 positive cases of H5N1.
So, many people from WHO and others are now on the ground and heading there.
We have notice via the local reports that some panic is spreading among the inhabitants.
Please let's not forget that panic is normal at this stage and it is not a confirmation of a unfolding h2h pandemic.
I would say, that it is a good thing that help has arrived and is on its way, it is time for all countries to realise that one country problem can become a global problem, therefore all help legitimaly needed should be provided without political considerations because of the Global Public Health implications.
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