First human bird flu case detected this year
Mon, Mar 14th, 2011 6:27 pm BdST
Dhaka, Mar 14 (bdnews24.com) ? The first case of human infection of avian influenza or bird flu this year has been detected, confirms the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
IEDCR director Mahmudur Rahman told bdnews24.com that the human infection was confirmed on Monday after testing the samples of saliva and nasal discharge of a 13-month-old girl running temperature, who visited an influenza surveillance centre recently.
The surveillance centre is run jointly by the IEDCR and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), according to him.
Proper treatment of the patient had already been ensured, the IEDCR director said.
Mon, Mar 14th, 2011 6:27 pm BdST
Dhaka, Mar 14 (bdnews24.com) ? The first case of human infection of avian influenza or bird flu this year has been detected, confirms the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
IEDCR director Mahmudur Rahman told bdnews24.com that the human infection was confirmed on Monday after testing the samples of saliva and nasal discharge of a 13-month-old girl running temperature, who visited an influenza surveillance centre recently.
The surveillance centre is run jointly by the IEDCR and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), according to him.
Proper treatment of the patient had already been ensured, the IEDCR director said.
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