Thailand - 08/02 - 08/15

[Theresa42]

Previous Thailand thread:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8645&page=3

[Theresa42]

Nakhon Phanom watching 111 villagers/cullers for bf symptoms

Also, unusual poultry deaths in Phichit & Uttaradit....

Machine-translated from Thai:

Authority that work relate with bird flu shall receive check/examine virus also (19.45 o'clock)
วันพุธที่ 2 สิงหาคม 2549

Province Nakhon Phanom watch/guard carefully patient in community part of infected with bird flu 111 person include staff that perform one's duty related with bird flu must/contact receive check/examine also everyone.

Livestock province Nakhon Phanom and military depart camp Pra Yot Meuang [?] destroy chickens in farm [?] more than 70 locations in region habitation center district Meuang Nakhon Phanom authority assure that can control area spread be able to part military and authority total already more than 1 person that perform one's duty relate/involve with bird flu everyone shall must receive check/examine health and watch symptoms in order that be sure that nobody infected with bird flu.

Doctor maintain watch [?] person go on a tour of inspection Ministry of Public Health disclose that can bring community villagers in area that there is outbreak check/examine health 111 persons result check everyone sterile bird flu however must detain watch symptoms continually full 14 days.

As for place province Phichit though today will altogether 5 days that endeavor keep that province will must totally bird flu but still there is chicken die not known cause in area habitation recently number 1 even though recently number 9 district Meuang Gao in region district Meuang that authority can enter collect sample go check and then but until at present also not find virus bird flu increase.

When authority still go out spray disinfectant cover all 884 villages over all province in order that protect virus bird flu spread together with campaign villagers know even though means protect.

[Name] minister administer Ministry of Agriculture disclose that find poultry die unusual that district [? - ต รอน] province Uttaradit 1 point and that district Dong Jay Rin province Phichit 4 points because order authority enter control situation already as for problem misunderstanding with nation Laos can assign field [name] minister delegate enter try to understand with authority Laos already.

http://www.ch7.com/news7ch_news_temp_news1.php?NewsID=79219

[Theresa42]

Initial tests on woman from Lop Buri positive for bf

Hat-tip, SolitaireUK!

Migrating southward
Health authorities keep watchful eye on Central plains after woman falls sick
August 03, 2006

The bird-flu epidemic seems to be spreading south as a suspected case was reported yesterday in the lower Central region.

The patient was identified as a 61-year-old woman in Lop Buri's Sa Bot district who fell ill with bird-flu-like symptoms soon after her backyard chickens all suddenly dropped dead.

She had initially tested positive for avian influenza and was being treated in an isolation ward pending confirmation from laboratory tests, said Dr Charn Tantiwa-raporn, director of Ban Mi Hospital, where the victim was admitted on Tuesday.

After being notified about the case, provincial livestock authorities rushed to the woman's home to check for bird flu.

District chief Somsak Intra-watana said he had ordered an urgent cull of all poultry in the province after being notified by the livestock authorities.

This district did not have many chicken farms and most of the poultry were fighting cocks and native hens, he said.

Although denying the existence of bird flu in Sa Bot district, provincial livestock chief Jintana Danwiwatporn said experts were coordinating with other agencies in dealing with hundred of thousands of migratory birds.

Along with warning against cooking and eating sick poultry, the Public Health Ministry was distributing some 100,000 manuals designed to educate the public about bird flu and ways to prevent infections, said Dr Narongsak Ungkhasuwaphala, the ministry's deputy permanent secretary.

Caretaker Deputy Minister Anutin Charnveerakul said that as of Tuesday, 144 patients from 24 provinces, mostly in the North, had been put on the watch-list for bird flu.

The government had stocked up on enough oseltamivir - three million doses - to cover this year, he said. The anti-viral drug can treat bird-flu patients if administered in time.

Two more suspected human cases were found in Phichit, where the first case of human bird flu was recently confirmed. Phetchabun also reported four cases and Phitsanulok three cases.

Nakhon Phanom Governor Mongkol Tansuwan said he had sent a letter to the governor of Khammouane in Laos explaining media reports that blamed that country for starting the bird-flu epidemic that was passed over the border to the province in the Northeast.

http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/03/national/national_30010244.php

Lopburi Province:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopburi_Province

[Commonground]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

So the 61 yr. old initially was tested positive (nasal swab?) but are awaiting lab results (blood sample?)

And then the 144 suspected cases, minus the 111 in Province Nakhon Phanom, right? Seems like Phichit has traded places with Nakhon Phanom, as far as suspects goes. Unless I've got it wrong.

[Theresa42]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

And then the 144 suspected cases, minus the 111 in Province Nakhon Phanom, right? Seems like Phichit has traded places with Nakhon Phanom, as far as suspects goes. Unless I've got it wrong.

No -- I don't think these 111 from Nakhon Phanom are included in the 144 total from around the country. I think these are additional folks just being watched in case they develop any symptoms -- they don't have any at this point -- just have had contact with sick/dead poultry somehow.

[Commonground]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Right, I know there's not anyone confirmed. But thanks for the clarification that it is in addition to the 144. So it's around 255 people they are monitoring.

[Theresa42]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Right, I know there's not anyone confirmed. But thanks for the clarification that it is in addition to the 144. So it's around 255 people they are monitoring.

That's my impression -- the 144 total from around the country are people with flu-like symptoms who have had contact with poultry ... the additional 111 from Nakhon Phanom are folks who have had contact with sick/dead poultry, but have no symptoms -- villagers with sick/dead chickens, soldiers who have been (presumably) culling, people collecting samples, etc.

[Commonground]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Many, many Thanks, Theresa42, for all that you do, and your kindess.

[HenryN]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08..._Lop_Buri.html

[tsalagiT]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Theresa 42:

I second the kudos to all you do here for us. You obviously put in many hours daily (beginning to think you live here 24/7) to keep us informed.

And I really appreiciate the link to the map to Lop Buri. you make it so much easier to keep up to date, that those who are not ....well, it's their own fault.

Also, thanks to all for the leeway given me during my own personal moments when I saw where this was going. I took some time away, hopefully before i really made a pain of myself :o , and I feel better now....well, i'm in better control anyway.

[Niko]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

Commentary

H5N1 Confirmed Patient in Lop Buri Thailand

Recombinomics Commentary
August 2, 2006

The bird-flu epidemic seems to be spreading south as a suspected case was reported yesterday in the lower Central region.

The patient was identified as a 61-year-old woman in Lop Buri's Sa Bot district who fell ill with bird-flu-like symptoms soon after her backyard chickens all suddenly dropped dead.

She had initially tested positive for avian influenza and was being treated in an isolation ward pending confirmation from laboratory tests, said Dr Charn Tantiwa-raporn, director of Ban Mi Hospital, where the victim was admitted on Tuesday.

After being notified about the case, provincial livestock authorities rushed to the woman's home to check for bird flu.

The above case is the second H5N1 bird flu positive case in Thailand. The initial fatal case was in Pichit. A large number of patients with symptoms have been hospitalized. However, the above case is the first reported positive since the fatal case in Pichit. This case was in Lop Buri, indicating the H5N1 is spreading.

The earlier case was near the Laotian border, where there have been reported outbreaks in poultry. Earlier this year H5N1 was isolated in Laos and Malaysia. The H5N1 was the Fujan strain, which has been responsible for all reported human cases in China. The Fujian strain is a Clade 2 strain, which is distinct from the Clade 1 isolates detected in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia patients in the past.

Movement of the Fujian strain into Thailand is cause for concern. More details on the H5N1 identified previously in patients or poultry would be useful.

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08020603/H5N1_Lop_Buri.html

[Sharpe]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

There appears to be a little confusion (what's new?) in Thailand about human cases. People's Daily is reporting that a 9 year old girl in Lop has died and is being tested for bird flu. This is separate from the 61 year old woman in the same province who tested positive and now? is going to be denied as a case.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/03/eng20060803_289620.html

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A Thai girl, who was suspected of contracting bird flu, died at the Lop Buri Provincial Hospital Thursday morning, hospital official said.
Officials were quoted by the web edition of local newspaper the Nation as saying that the nine-year-old girl was suffering from severe lung infections.
The girl was admitted to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after suffering from high fever since Sunday.
Lop Buri chief public health officer Doctor Pranom Khamthiang said she was awaiting a lab result to confirm if the girl had contracted the bird flu virus.
Source: Xinhua

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[Sharpe]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

More on the 61 yo woman from Lop Buri, from People's Daily.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/03/eng20060803_289572.html

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The initial test of a 61-year-old woman in central Thailand who fell ill with bird-flu-like symptoms showed positive for avian influenza, Thai officials and local media reported Thursday.
The patient in Lop Buri Province's Sa Bot district fell ill with bird-flu-like symptoms soon after her backyard chickens all suddenly dropped dead, Thai newspaper the Nation said.
She had initially tested positive for avian influenza and was being treated in an isolation ward pending confirmation from laboratory tests, said Dr. Charn Tantiwa-raporn, director of Ban Mi Hospital, where the victim was admitted on Tuesday.
After being notified about the case, provincial livestock authorities rushed to the woman's home to check for bird flu.
District chief Somsak Intra-watana said he had ordered an urgent cull of all poultry in the province after being notified by the livestock authorities.
This district did not have many chicken farms and most of the poultry were fighting cocks and native hens, he said.
Although denying the existence of bird flu in Sa Bot district, provincial livestock chief Jintana Danwiwatporn said experts were coordinating with other agencies in dealing with hundred of thousands of migratory birds.
Along with warning against cooking and eating sick poultry, the Public Health Ministry was distributing some 100,000 manuals designed to educate the public about bird flu and ways to prevent infections, said Dr Narongsak Ungkhasuwaphala, the ministry's deputy permanent secretary.
Meanwhile, Anutin Charnveerakul, caretaker deputy health minister, said as of Wednesday, 144 patients from 24 provinces, mostly in northern Thailand, had been put on the watch-list for bird flu.
Two more suspected human cases were found in Phichit Province, where the first case of human bird flu was recently confirmed. Phetchabun Province also reported four cases and Phitsanulok three cases.

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[HenryN]

Re: Thailand 8/02 -

There appears to be a little confusion (what's new?) in Thailand about human cases. People's Daily is reporting that a 9 year old girl in Lop has died and is being tested for bird flu. This is separate from the 61 year old woman in the same province who tested positive and now? is going to be denied as a case.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...03_289620.html
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A Thai girl, who was suspected of contracting bird flu, died at the Lop Buri Provincial Hospital Thursday morning, hospital official said.
Officials were quoted by the web edition of local newspaper the Nation as saying that the nine-year-old girl was suffering from severe lung infections.
The girl was admitted to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after suffering from high fever since Sunday.
Lop Buri chief public health officer Doctor Pranom Khamthiang said she was awaiting a lab result to confirm if the girl had contracted the bird flu virus.
Source: Xinhua


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It is hard to deny the dead cases, so the 9 year old will likely be confirmed, why will also lead to confirmation of the 61 year old. Why do you think the 61 year old will be denied?

[HenryN]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08...op_Buri_2.html