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BANGKOK, Jan 25 (TNA) - Lab tests have confirmed that the 41-year-old man who died earlier this week in Thailand's northeastern province of Nong Khai did not succumb to avian influenza.
Medical Science Department director-general Dr. Paijit Warachit said that Apichart Prombutr, suspected of contracting the H5N1 virus, died of the more common influenza H3 strain not the H5N1 avian flu virus.
Mr. Apichart died after he developed the flu-like symptoms for two days.
The man lived in Si Chiang Mai district where nearly 2,000 chickens in Si Chiang Mai district in Nong Khai were culled on January 20 after the H5N1 virus was found in poultry. The suspicious deaths of more than 200 chickens were reported.
Dr. Paijit said a five-year-old girl in the upper southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan also died recently of the H3 influenza strain.
He said that it was puzzling that the H3 strain virus caused such a severe infection to have killed them. Normally, it caused common human flu, so it is necessary to determine the reason why the two patients died after contracting only the H3 strain.
Disease Control Department head Dr. Thawat Suntrajarn also said that it was quite unusual.
He also said the elderly and children should receive flu vaccine free of charge and a factory to produce influenza vaccine should be establish to supply adequate vaccines to meet local demand if the outbreak occurs. (TNA)-E004
Last Update : 2007-01-25 / 17:55:16 (GMT+7:00)
BANGKOK, Jan 25 (TNA) - Lab tests have confirmed that the 41-year-old man who died earlier this week in Thailand's northeastern province of Nong Khai did not succumb to avian influenza.
Medical Science Department director-general Dr. Paijit Warachit said that Apichart Prombutr, suspected of contracting the H5N1 virus, died of the more common influenza H3 strain not the H5N1 avian flu virus.
Mr. Apichart died after he developed the flu-like symptoms for two days.
The man lived in Si Chiang Mai district where nearly 2,000 chickens in Si Chiang Mai district in Nong Khai were culled on January 20 after the H5N1 virus was found in poultry. The suspicious deaths of more than 200 chickens were reported.
Dr. Paijit said a five-year-old girl in the upper southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan also died recently of the H3 influenza strain.
He said that it was puzzling that the H3 strain virus caused such a severe infection to have killed them. Normally, it caused common human flu, so it is necessary to determine the reason why the two patients died after contracting only the H3 strain.
Disease Control Department head Dr. Thawat Suntrajarn also said that it was quite unusual.
He also said the elderly and children should receive flu vaccine free of charge and a factory to produce influenza vaccine should be establish to supply adequate vaccines to meet local demand if the outbreak occurs. (TNA)-E004
Last Update : 2007-01-25 / 17:55:16 (GMT+7:00)
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