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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....
Long An detects 1 case of Influenza A (H5N1) infection
Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper
13 minutes ago
Original
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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