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    LAOS - Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

    http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=39964

    Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known(Updated 05:28 p.m.)

    2006/7/27
    BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)


    Bird flu has been found in about 2,500 chickens who died on a farm near the Laotian capital of Vientiane last week, but the type of flu has not been determined yet, a Laotian official said Thursday.

    Lao Foreign Ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalansy confirmed a report on the Web site of the Vientiane Times newspaper that the Lao government's National Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Committee on July 18 had confirmed that the chickens died of bird flu.

    The results of laboratory tests to determine whether it was the virulent H5N1 virus were expected in a week or two, he told The Associated Press by phone.

    The committee's statement said 2,580 chickens were found dead at the farm in Xaythany district, 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Vientiane, according to the newspaper. It said the same farm experienced a bird flu outbreak in 2004.

    After the chickens' deaths, agriculture officials culled about 6,000 more birds at the farm.

    Yong said the government has stepped up surveillance and control measures, including disseminating information to people on how to prevent the spread of bird flu and tightening control for imported poultry products.

    Bird flu swept through poultry populations in many parts of Asia beginning in 2003 and also jumped to humans, as well as to other regions.

    The virulent H5N1 type has been transmitted to humans who have had close contact with infected birds and carcasses, killing at least 134 people in Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

    Laos has reported no human deaths from the virus though neighboring Thailand this week reported its 15th human fatality.

    In May, the Lao government announced that H5N1 bird flu had been found in a single free-range duck at a backyard farm 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Vientiane. Previous to that, its last confirmed case had been in early 2004.

    In October last year, the United States announced it was granting US$3.4 million (?2.7 million) in aid for impoverished Laos to fend off the disease.
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  • #2
    Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

    Did someone (vaffie) say Laos?

    Thailand 7/24-7/27 - FluTrackers News and Information
    http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21816&postcount=39


    ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

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    • #3
      Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

      H5N1 resurfaced in Laos quite some time ago

      http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...Laos_2006.html

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      • #4
        Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

        The H5N1 sequences released several months ago were from 2006 and were found in both Laos and Malaysia.

        I don't think either country was happy with the release. They only admit H5N1 when they have no choice,

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        • #5
          Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

          Does anyone have any information on Myanmar ? I would guess it is also happening there right now.

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          • #6
            Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

            Archive Number 20060727.2066
            Published Date 27-JUL-2006
            Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (161) - Laos susp.

            AVIAN INFLUENZA (161) - LAOS SUSPECTED
            *****************************************
            A ProMED-mail post
            <http://www.promedmail.org>
            ProMED-mail is a program of the
            International Society for Infectious Diseases
            <http://www.isid.org>

            Date: Thu 27 Jul 2006
            From: Nati Elkin <nati@poultrymed.com>
            Source: AP via Chinapost.com, 27 Jul 2006 [edited]
            <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=39964>


            Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known
            -----------------------------------------------
            Bird flu has been found in about 2500 chickens who died on a farm
            near the Laotian capital of Vientiane last week, but the type of flu
            has not been determined yet, a Laotian official said Thursday [27 Jul 2006].

            Lao Foreign Ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalansy confirmed a report
            on the website of the Vientiane Times newspaper that the Lao
            government's National Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
            Committee on 18 Jul 2006 had confirmed that the chickens died of bird flu.

            The results of laboratory tests to determine whether it was the
            virulent H5N1 virus were expected in a week or 2, he told The
            Associated Press by phone.

            The committee's statement said 2580 chickens were found dead at the
            farm in Xaythany district, 25 km (15 miles) south of Vientiane,
            according to the newspaper. It said the same farm experienced a bird
            flu outbreak in 2004.

            After the chickens' deaths, agriculture officials culled about 6000
            more birds at the farm.

            Yong said the government has stepped up surveillance and control
            measures, including disseminating information to people on how to
            prevent the spread of bird flu and tightening control for imported
            poultry products.

            Laos has reported no human deaths from the virus, though neighboring
            Thailand this week reported its 15th human fatality.

            In May 2006, the Lao government announced that H5N1 bird flu had been
            found in a single free-range duck at a backyard farm 20 km (12 miles)
            from Vientiane. Previous to that, its last confirmed case had been in
            early 2004.

            In October last year [2005], the United States announced it was
            granting USD 3.4 million (2.7 million euros) in aid for impoverished
            Laos to fend off the disease.

            --
            Nati Elkin
            <nati@poultrymed.com>

            [A map of Laos is available at
            <http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/laos.pdf>.
            Xaythany is south of Vientiane, adjacent to the Thai border; see map at
            <http://www.maplandia.com/laos/vientiane-munic/xaythany/>.


            Laos's 1st -- and, so far, last -- report to the OIE on avian
            influenza was sent on 27 Jan 2004. It referred to the identification
            of avian influenza virus subtype H5 in one layer farm in the village
            of Nonsavang, close to Vientiane. Earlier rumors attributed the
            mortalities to an outbreak of fowl cholera (similar to the HPAI
            history in Thailand). See
            <ftp://ftp.oie.int/infos_san_archives/eng/2004/en_040130v17n05.pdf>.

            According to unofficial information, there has been an additional
            HPAI case in Laos: a duck found infected in a backyard farm 20 km (12
            miles) south of Vientiane in February 2006 (20060518.1394).
            Allegedly, the infection did not spread.

            For background information on the HPAI situation in Laos, derived
            from an FAO report of January 2005, see the commentary in the above posting.

            Confirmation and further details of the current outbreak are
            anticipated. - Mod.AS]

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            • #7
              Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

              Archive Number 20060727.2066
              Published Date 27-JUL-2006
              Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (161) - Laos susp.

              AVIAN INFLUENZA (161) - LAOS SUSPECTED
              *****************************************
              A ProMED-mail post
              <http://www.promedmail.org>
              ProMED-mail is a program of the
              International Society for Infectious Diseases
              <http://www.isid.org>

              Date: Thu 27 Jul 2006
              From: Nati Elkin <nati@poultrymed.com>
              Source: AP via Chinapost.com, 27 Jul 2006 [edited]
              <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=39964>


              Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known
              -----------------------------------------------
              Bird flu has been found in about 2500 chickens who died on a farm
              near the Laotian capital of Vientiane last week, but the type of flu
              has not been determined yet, a Laotian official said Thursday [27 Jul 2006].

              Lao Foreign Ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalansy confirmed a report
              on the website of the Vientiane Times newspaper that the Lao
              government's National Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
              Committee on 18 Jul 2006 had confirmed that the chickens died of bird flu.

              The results of laboratory tests to determine whether it was the
              virulent H5N1 virus were expected in a week or 2, he told The
              Associated Press by phone.

              The committee's statement said 2580 chickens were found dead at the
              farm in Xaythany district, 25 km (15 miles) south of Vientiane,
              according to the newspaper. It said the same farm experienced a bird
              flu outbreak in 2004.

              After the chickens' deaths, agriculture officials culled about 6000
              more birds at the farm.

              Yong said the government has stepped up surveillance and control
              measures, including disseminating information to people on how to
              prevent the spread of bird flu and tightening control for imported
              poultry products.

              Laos has reported no human deaths from the virus, though neighboring
              Thailand this week reported its 15th human fatality.

              In May 2006, the Lao government announced that H5N1 bird flu had been
              found in a single free-range duck at a backyard farm 20 km (12 miles)
              from Vientiane. Previous to that, its last confirmed case had been in
              early 2004.

              In October last year [2005], the United States announced it was
              granting USD 3.4 million (2.7 million euros) in aid for impoverished
              Laos to fend off the disease.

              --
              Nati Elkin
              <nati@poultrymed.com>

              [A map of Laos is available at
              <http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/laos.pdf>.
              Xaythany is south of Vientiane, adjacent to the Thai border; see map at
              <http://www.maplandia.com/laos/vientiane-munic/xaythany/>.


              Laos's 1st -- and, so far, last -- report to the OIE on avian
              influenza was sent on 27 Jan 2004. It referred to the identification
              of avian influenza virus subtype H5 in one layer farm in the village
              of Nonsavang, close to Vientiane. Earlier rumors attributed the
              mortalities to an outbreak of fowl cholera (similar to the HPAI
              history in Thailand). See
              <ftp://ftp.oie.int/infos_san_archives/eng/2004/en_040130v17n05.pdf>.

              According to unofficial information, there has been an additional
              HPAI case in Laos: a duck found infected in a backyard farm 20 km (12
              miles) south of Vientiane in February 2006 (20060518.1394).
              Allegedly, the infection did not spread.

              For background information on the HPAI situation in Laos, derived
              from an FAO report of January 2005, see the commentary in the above posting.

              Confirmation and further details of the current outbreak are
              anticipated. - Mod.AS]

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              • #8
                Re: Bird flu resurfaces in Laos but type not yet known

                Originally posted by Mingus
                Archive Number 20060727.2066
                According to unofficial information, there has been an additional
                HPAI case in Laos: a duck found infected in a backyard farm 20 km (12
                miles) south of Vientiane in February 2006 (20060518.1394).
                Allegedly, the infection did not spread.

                For background information on the HPAI situation in Laos, derived
                from an FAO report of January 2005, see the commentary in the above posting.

                Confirmation and further details of the current outbreak are
                anticipated. - Mod.AS]
                After publication of the 2006 H5N1 sequence, Laos had no choice but to admit that it was present. However, since the sequence is almost the same a Malyasia and China, the "did not spread" comments are promarily for those who can't read a sequence (like reporters and ProMed commentators).

                http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...Laos_2006.html

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                • #9
                  UN body says H5N1 bird flu found on Lao farm

                  UN body says H5N1 bird flu found on Lao farm
                  July 28, 2006

                  BANGKOK (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found on a poultry farm in Laos, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.

                  The outbreak occurred on a commercial farm 25 km south of the capital Vientiane where about 2,500 chickens died last week, according to state media reports.

                  The same farm experienced an outbreak in early 2004 when the virus swept through parts of Asia.                   Since then, the only previous discovery of the H5N1 virus in Laos had been in a single duck in May this year.

                  "The government of Laos has taken immediate action to control the spread of the virus by culling all chickens in the farm, disinfecting the farm and imposed movement restrictions within the five kilometre surveillance zone," said Wantanee Kalpravidh, FAO regional coordinator for Avian Influenza Projects.

                  Further investigation was needed to determine the source of the outbreak, she said in a statement.

                  Earlier this week, the virus killed a teenager in Thailand's northern province of Pichit after the country's first outbreak in eight months.

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                  http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/28/worldupdates/2006-07-28T095257Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261388-1&sec=Worldupdates
                  ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

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