Four children are suspected. (tests negative)

[Sally Furniss]

Serbia testing rooster for bird flu
Mar 15, 2006, 21:25 GMT
BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (UPI) -- Serbia reported its first suspected case of avian influenza in poultry, a Veterinary Administration official said Wednesday.

A rooster was found dead last week at a farm near Bajina Basta, 100 miles southwest of Belgrade. Specimens from the rooster were sent to Britain`s Weybridge laboratory to determine if the bird was infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu, said Dejan Krnjajic, head of the veterinary board.

'We have established a suspected case of bird flu at poultry. We found a rooster with clinical symptoms of avian flu. The remaining poultry on the farm was not sick but we ordered to destroy a total of 561 poultry and two cats on 32 small farms in the area,' Krnjajic said.

In the past six months in Serbia, 11 cases of bird flu have been found, mostly in wild birds.

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[DB]

Serb teenager ill with bird flu-like symptoms

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BELGRADE, March 16 (Reuters) - A Serb teenager from a bird flu-stricken area has been put in isolation after developing a high fever that could be a symptom of the disease, Serbia's chief epidemiologist said on Thursday.

"The boy is from the family where we found a rooster with clinical symptoms of bird flu," Predrag Kon told Reuters.
"We put him in medical isolation after he reported a high fever on March 14. He will spend the next 72 hours in isolation, or until the possibility of bird flu is excluded. Right now he has no fever," he said.
Kon said a total of 16 people from the same area were under medical supervision. So far, Serbia has detected the deadly H5N1 strain in wild fowl, and is waiting for results of a suspected case in a rooster.

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Four children in Serbia are suspected of being affected by bird flu

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(Belgrade, DTT-NET.COM)-Four children in Serbia are suspected of being affected by bird flu (Avian Influenza), authorities said on Friday, following the outbreak of the virus in north-west of the republic.

Health ministry of Serbia announced that the four children are taken in the hospital for intensive care and further analyses in Uzice city.

Serbia is the first in the Western Balkan region to report a suspected case at humans.

On Thursday Serbia has reported a first suspected case of bird flu at domestic birds, following initial analysis made at one dead rooster on Wednesday.

Serbian veterinary authorities told reporters that as so far virus (Avian Influenza) H5N1 has been found at 11 wild birds in Northwest of the country and lately the virus is suspected to have killed the rooster, whose samples are sent immediately to EU reference laboratory for Avian Influenza in Weybridge, UK.

Dejan Krnjajic said that authorities fear of the outbreak of the virus at domestic poultry as villagers are not well equipped to keep the poultry indoor during the day.

Serbia?s authorities have reported the presence of bird flu H5N1 first at dead swans found two weeks ago in north-west areas of the republic.

Authorities are applying precautionary measures in Velicki Backi canal near Sombor and Bajina Basta municipalities were the swans are found on 2 March and 4 March respectively.

Four countries in the Western Balkans are affected by the bird flu virus. Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lately Albania are affected, with Albania also in chicken in south of the country near the border with Greece.

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Four children in Serbia are suspected of being affected by bird flu



Four children were placed in isolation, while 24 other people were being monitored after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in western Serbia, the government said..
"As a precaution, the children were hospitalized for continuous medical supervision," Serbia's health ministry said in a statement..
It added that another 24 people had been under "constant medical supervision" for possible symptoms of the virus in the area around the western town of Bajina Basta..
"Their general health is good (but) they are isolated from other patients and we have been following their condition closely," said a doctor from a local hospital..
On Thursday, a teenage boy from a family that said it had a rooster with symptoms of bird flu was released from the same hospital after being cleared of the virus. He remains under observation..
The strain of H5N1 bird flu that can kill humans was detected earlier this month in a swan found dead near Serbia's northwestern border with Croatia and Hungary..
Officials have already implemented stringent measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including the creation of a three-kilometre (two-mile) quarantine zone and isolation of domestic poultry..
The H5N1 virus, which has killed almost 100 people since 2003, mainly in Asia, has also been detected in a number of countries surrounding Serbia, including Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Hungary. ? AFP
Four children were placed in isolation, while 24 other people were being monitored after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in western Serbia, the government said..
"As a precaution, the children were hospitalized for continuous medical supervision," Serbia's health ministry said in a statement..
It added that another 24 people had been under "constant medical supervision" for possible symptoms of the virus in the area around the western town of Bajina Basta..
"Their general health is good (but) they are isolated from other patients and we have been following their condition closely," said a doctor from a local hospital..
On Thursday, a teenage boy from a family that said it had a rooster with symptoms of bird flu was released from the same hospital after being cleared of the virus. He remains under observation..
The strain of H5N1 bird flu that can kill humans was detected earlier this month in a swan found dead near Serbia's northwestern border with Croatia and Hungary..
Officials have already implemented stringent measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including the creation of a three-kilometre (two-mile) quarantine zone and isolation of domestic poultry..
The H5N1 virus, which has killed almost 100 people since 2003, mainly in Asia, has also been detected in a number of countries surrounding Serbia, including Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Hungary. ? AFP Four children were placed in isolation, while 24 other people were being monitored after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in western Serbia, the government said..
"As a precaution, the children were hospitalized for continuous medical supervision," Serbia's health ministry said in a statement..
It added that another 24 people had been under "constant medical supervision" for possible symptoms of the virus in the area around the western town of Bajina Basta..
"Their general health is good (but) they are isolated from other patients and we have been following their condition closely," said a doctor from a local hospital..
On Thursday, a teenage boy from a family that said it had a rooster with symptoms of bird flu was released from the same hospital after being cleared of the virus. He remains under observation..
The strain of H5N1 bird flu that can kill humans was detected earlier this month in a swan found dead near Serbia's northwestern border with Croatia and Hungary..
Officials have already implemented stringent measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including the creation of a three-kilometre (two-mile) quarantine zone and isolation of domestic poultry..
The H5N1 virus, which has killed almost 100 people since 2003, mainly in Asia, has also been detected in a number of countries surrounding Serbia, including Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Hungary. ? AFP

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Serbian children have no symptoms of bird flu - official

Serbian children have no symptoms of bird flu - official


BELGRADE (AFX) - Four children, who were placed in isolation on Friday, had
no symptoms of bird flu and will be released from the hospital, health
authorities said.
"Results of virological analysis confirmed that the four children have not
been infected with the desease," said Predrag Kon, the head of Serbia's agency
dealing with bird flu.
Kon told Serbian state television that the four would be released from the
hospital in the western town of Uzice on Monday, but would remain under
"constant observation".
Officials said last week that a total of 24 people in the Balkan republic

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have been monitored after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in western Serbia.</pre>

[Mellie]

Four Children in Serbia Cleared of Bird Flu

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SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Four Children in Serbia Cleared of Bird Flu 2006-03-21 10:08:21

Four children who were placed in isolation late last week turned out to have no symptoms of bird flu and will be released from hospital, a top epidemiologist said. "Results of virological analysis confirmed that the four children have not been infected with the disease," said Predrag Kon, the head of the Serbian agency that is dealing with bird flu. Kon told Serbian state television that the four would be released from hospital in the western town of Uzice, but would remain under "constant observation" The lethal H5N1 strain was detected earlier this month in a swan found dead near Serbia's northwestern border with Croatia and Hungary.

Also on Sunday, the local authorities announced that one more dead swan was found near the southeastern Serbian village of Backi Monostor, where several H5N1 cases were confirmed earlier this month.

In Albania, meanwhile, testing is under way on chickens found dead last week in the regions of Peze-Helmes, Berat and Shkodra. Albania reported its first H5N1 case in the southern Saranda area two weeks ago.
Source: Danas; AFP