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  • Bangladesh, First bird flu death in 5 years (BDNews24, April 7 2013)

    [Source: BDNews24, full text: (LINK).]
    First bird flu death in 5 years

    Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

    Published: 2013-04-07 12:02:57.0 Updated: 2013-04-07 12:03:16.0


    Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed its first bird flu-related death in five years after the H5N1 human infection was detected in the country.

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    Re: Bangladesh, First bird flu death in 5 years (BDNews24, April 7 2013)

    Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR)Seventh H5N1 case in Bangladesh

    "The seventh case of Influenza A (H5N1) has been confirmed from one of our surveillance sites. Diagnosis was made on the basis of Real time RT-PCR.
    This was a 1 year 11 months old male child from Chauddogram, Comilla. He was admitted to Comilla Medical College Hospital, later transferred to Dhaka Shishu Hospital and then to a private clinic. He died on 18th February, 2013. This is the first death case of H5N1 in Bangladesh. As this child had no typical features of Influenza Like Illness (ILI), throat and nasal samples were sent for reconfirmation to CDC Atlanta, USA (WHO reference laboratory) and received confirmation on 6th April, 2013.
    Detailed outbreak investigation was conducted. There was strong epidemiological link with backyard poultry deaths. No other case was found among contacts during the investigation."



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    IEDCR is the national institute for conducting disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. It has been engaged in controlling disease and involved in researches on health events of public health importance.

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      Re: Bangladesh, First bird flu death in 5 years (BDNews24, April 7 2013)

      Just a tidbit:

      Geography location: Chauddagram,Comilla

      RE: Chauddagram Upazila (subdistrict), of Comilla District in the (south eastern) Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh (100km south east of Dhaka). It's bounded by Burchiganj and Tripura on the north, Laksham and Chauddagram on the south, and Barura on the west. Major rivers passing through Comilla include Gumti and Little Feni.

      Chauddagram Upazila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


      Comilla District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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