The virus relentlessly marches downstream from Thailand.
Vietnamese man suspectedly infected with bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-03 12:06:58
Special report: Global fight against bird flu
HANOI, Aug 3 (Xinhua) -- A 35-year-old man from Vietnam's southern Kien Giang province has been hospitalized after eating dead duck meat and then exhibiting bird flu symptoms, local media reported Thursday.
The man from Giong Rieng district was admitted to the Kien Giang General Hospital on July 30 after having high temperature and respiratory failure and the doctors said his lung has been severely damaged, according to Youth newspaper.
The patient's relatives said he slaughtered and ate a dead duck [[a dead one, you say? not a live one? ]] offered by a neighbor one week before hospitalization. Three days after eating the meat, he had high fever and took medicine at home.
Specimens from the patient are being tested for bird flu viruses.
To prevent bird flu infections among people, Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, has asked for permission from the country's Health Ministry to test bird flu vaccines it made from monkeys' kidneys on volunteers late 2006, the newspaper said.
To prevent potential outbreaks of the disease among fowls and humans, Vietnam is intensifying surveillance, management over transport, trade and import of poultry and related products at border gates, preparation for sufficient supply of relevant medicines and equipment, border quarantine activities, and enhancement of public awareness about the potential relapse of bird flu.
Vietnam has detected 93 bird flu patients since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003, the country's Health Ministry said on August 1, noting that it has seen no new human cases of infections since mid-November 2005. Enditem
Vietnamese man suspectedly infected with bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-03 12:06:58
Special report: Global fight against bird flu
HANOI, Aug 3 (Xinhua) -- A 35-year-old man from Vietnam's southern Kien Giang province has been hospitalized after eating dead duck meat and then exhibiting bird flu symptoms, local media reported Thursday.
The man from Giong Rieng district was admitted to the Kien Giang General Hospital on July 30 after having high temperature and respiratory failure and the doctors said his lung has been severely damaged, according to Youth newspaper.
The patient's relatives said he slaughtered and ate a dead duck [[a dead one, you say? not a live one? ]] offered by a neighbor one week before hospitalization. Three days after eating the meat, he had high fever and took medicine at home.
Specimens from the patient are being tested for bird flu viruses.
To prevent bird flu infections among people, Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, has asked for permission from the country's Health Ministry to test bird flu vaccines it made from monkeys' kidneys on volunteers late 2006, the newspaper said.
To prevent potential outbreaks of the disease among fowls and humans, Vietnam is intensifying surveillance, management over transport, trade and import of poultry and related products at border gates, preparation for sufficient supply of relevant medicines and equipment, border quarantine activities, and enhancement of public awareness about the potential relapse of bird flu.
Vietnam has detected 93 bird flu patients since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003, the country's Health Ministry said on August 1, noting that it has seen no new human cases of infections since mid-November 2005. Enditem
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