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  • Vietnam: Long An detects 1 case of Influenza A (H5N1) infection - onset November 9, 2024

    Source: https://baomoi.com/long-an-phat-hien...-c50896230.epi

    Long An detects 1 case of Influenza A (H5N1) infection
    Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper
    13 minutes ago
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    On December 4, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Long An province announced that it had just recorded 1 case of Influenza A (H5N1). Long An provincial authorities are waiting for the results of the N gene sequencing analysis.

    Accordingly, the patient named T. (residing in Tan An city, Long An province) showed symptoms of fever, headache, muscle pain... so he was hospitalized for treatment. The chest X-ray results showed alveolar damage in both lungs, so he was diagnosed with respiratory failure, pneumonia, sepsis...

    The patient was transferred to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases for treatment, and currently patient T.'s health is stable.

    According to CDC Long An, on November 14, CDC Long An received information from the Department of Infectious Diseases of Long An General Hospital about a case of severe pneumonia suspected to be caused by a virus. CDC Long An discussed with staff of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and was assigned to take samples and send them to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for testing. The test results of the patient's sample were positive for influenza A(H5N1) virus.

    Immediately after that, CDC Long An coordinated with local authorities to directly go to the area to investigate and discovered that the patient's family had hundreds of dead poultry (self-destructed) but did not report to the local authorities. Currently, the authorities have handled the case according to regulations....

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    Source: https://www.phunuonline.com.vn/long-...-a1535933.html


    Long An detects 1 case of A/H5N1 influenza
    04/12/2024 - 18:09

    PNO - On December 4, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Long An province announced that it had just recorded 1 case of A/H5N1 influenza.

    The person infected with A/H5N1 influenza is a young man L.H.T. (born in 2006, residing in Ward 5, Tan An City, Long An Province).

    Previously, on November 14, after receiving information from the Department of Infectious Diseases of Long An Provincial General Hospital about the case of a young man T. with severe pneumonia suspected to be caused by a virus, the CDC of Long An province discussed with the staff of the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City and was assigned to take samples and send them to the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City for testing. The test results showed that the sample was positive for the A/H5N1 influenza virus.

    CDC Long An coordinated with relevant agencies to investigate the area and discovered that the patient's family had hundreds of dead poultry (self-destructed), but did not report to the local authorities. Currently, the relevant agencies of Long An province have taken action according to regulations.

    To proactively take measures to prevent and control A/H5N1 influenza, the People's Committee of Long An province directed relevant departments and agencies to coordinate with relevant forces to increase patrols and surveillance of the border, including trails and openings, to prevent the import and smuggling of sick poultry into Vietnam...

    Thanh Lam​

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      From Hong Kong CHP avian flu report dated December 7, 2024:

      Avian influenza A(H5):  Long An Province:  An 18-year-old man with onset on November 9, 2024.



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