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HANOI, Vietnam, June 1 (UPI) -- The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed Friday in a poultry worker in Vietnam.
Nguyen Duc Hien, head of the National Institute for Tropical Diseases, said that the man has been hospitalized since last Saturday and is recovering, the newspaper Thanh Nien reported. He became sick 12 days after starting work at a Hanoi slaughterhouse.
Tran Thuy Hanh, director of the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, said that two people have been admitted to the hospital in the past two days with flu-like symptoms and one has died. But she said tests must still be done to confirm the H5N1 strain.
The latest outbreak in Vietnam began a month ago and has spread through 14 provinces.
At least 42 people have died of the H5N1 strain since 2003, when it appeared in Southeast Asia. The strain rarely spreads to humans and has mostly appeared in poultry workers or other people who have been in contact with infected birds.
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Bird flu infects slaughterhouse worker
June 2, 2007
Reuters
A Vietnamese man who works at a poultry slaughterhouse outside Hanoi has been infected with bird flu, the country's second human case in less than a month, state media on Saturday quoted a doctor as saying.
The man was taken to hospital with fever on May 26 and tests conducted in Vietnam confirmed he had the H5N1 virus, doctor Nguyen Duc Hien who heads the hospital treating the man told the Thanh Nien newspaper.
He told the paper the patient was in stable condition.
Hien could not be reached for comment.
Last month, Vietnam reported its first human case of H5N1 virus infection in a year and a half, a 30-year-old man in a province neighbouring Hanoi who became sick after helping slaughter chickens at a friend's wedding.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was working with the Vietnamese government to verify that suspected case.
Hien said three more people had been admitted to his hospital in recent weeks with serious pneumonia, and one of them had died.
Doctors had suspected the three had bird flu but tests showed they did not, the doctor told Thanh Nien.
Bird flu has hit chickens and ducks in 13 provinces and in Can Tho city since early May.
A total of 42 Vietnamese have died since the virus re-surfaced in Asia in late 2003. It then re-emerged in 2005, last year and early this year.
The virus has infected 309 people in 12 countries, 187 of whom have died, according to WHO figures. These did not include the death on Tuesday of a 15-year-old Indonesian girl.
Man contracts bird flu in Vietnam
Posted: 2-Jun-2007 12:58 hrs
A Vietnamese man has contracted the deadly bird flu virus, becoming the country's second human case since late 2005, a health official said Saturday.
The 19-year-old man tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus early this week after being admitted to the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi, a doctor there told AFP.
The doctor, who asked not to be named, said the victim had been admitted on May 19 and was now in a stable condition.
The daily Lao Dong said the patient had been working for a poultry slaughterhouse in the capital before he was taken to the Institute with a high fever and severe respiratory problems.
The director of Hanoi's Bach Mai hospital told the paper two other suspected bird flu victims had been admitted on Thursday and Friday, one of whom died late Friday.
Their samples are being tested in Hanoi, she said.
Last week Vietnam reported that a 30-year-old farmer had been infected with the deadly bird flu virus, the country's first human case since November 2005.
The victim was admitted to Bach Mai hospital in a critical condition but is now improving.
Bird flu has hit 14 of Vietnam's 64 provinces. The government has called for urgent measures to deal with the situation and to raise awareness of the dangers of bird flu.
Between 2003 and November 2005, Vietnam was one of the countries worst hit by bird flu with 42 deaths. The country, however, won international applause for its transparency and effectiveness in curbing the epidemic.
H5N1 has killed almost 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003. World Health Organisation experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions of people across the globe. — AFP
Commentary
H5N1 Re-emergence in Several Patients in Northern Vietnam
Recombinomics Commentary
June 1, 2007 Vietnam confirmed a new human bird flu case Friday as the latest outbreak swept through 14 provinces within the last month. A worker at a slaughterhouse in Hanoi had tested positive for the H5N1 virus strain, Nguyen Duc Hien, head of the National Institute for Tropical Diseases, said.
He was admitted to the institute May 26, just 12 days after starting to work at the abattoir. Hien said the man was recovering and his condition stable.
Director of Hanoi?s Bach Mai Hospital, Tran Thuy Hanh, said in the past two days two patients had been admitted with typical bird flu symptoms, one of whom had died Friday.
The hospital had taken samples from them for tests, she added.
The above comments signal a re-emergence of human H5N1 cases in northern Vietnam. It seems likely that the two recent cases will be confirmed, raising the number of recent human cases from two to four. Since three of the patients have been hospitalized in the past few days, more cases are likely.
However, sequence data from the recent infections in birds or patients has not been released. In the past, human cases in Vietnam were due to Clade 1 isolates, while all other human cases outside of southeast Asia have been Clade 2.
Release of sequences from the recent human and poultry outbreaks would be useful.
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The 19 year-old confirmed case is in the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi ["Courtyard clinical diseases country tropic"]. He lives in Ti?n Phong, district Phổ Y?n (in Hanoi?) and works in Đ?ng Anh (Hanoi).
Previously confirmed 30 year-old, Ph?ng Minh Ph?c, lives in Vĩnh Ph?c province, which borders on Hanoi. He is being treated in Bach Mai hospital, Hanoi.
Then the article says, there's been 3 other suspected bf cases in the Institute of Tropical Medicine recently, one of whom died. Test results say none of them had bf.
It continues by saying on 5/31 & 6/1, Bach Mai hospital had 2 other suspected bf cases -- Ph?ng Tiến Đ?ng, 29 year-old, a policeman who, from the sounds of it, has been culling poultry and another person who died. Doesn't sound like test results are back on these two.
People 第二 contract flu H5N1 obtain discover
Jun 2, 2007
Out patient people Vĩnh Ph?c recovering; appear in courtyard clinical diseases country tropic left a case contract bird flu H5N1 more. There is a man village Thai former.
Patient [the 19 year-old abbatoir worker] the above-listed live in x? vanguard [Ti?n Phong], district Phổ Y?n. Day 14/5, anh go to work in a foundation kill cut open poultry in Đ?ng Anh (Hanoi), thereafter 5 day feel interest ngực, difficult tired, r?t, flow country nose. From hospital district, anh obtain move up courtyard clinical diseases country tropic. About from day 21 to 26/5, bilateral lung heavy hurt, men liver monk; patient being tr?n gas m?ng lung, suy respiratory heavy, life denounced. Test result just receive obtain for find anh contracted virus H5N1. Depend obtain active treat, appear patient already across critical a moment, end sốt, although still not yet word thở obtain.
Left patient H5N1 first of year 2007, anh Ph?ng Minh Ph?c (30 year-old, people Vĩnh Ph?c), ended sốt, week finish, respiratory and pulse stable, test for find body eliminated obtain flu virus.
In the past, courtyard clinical diseases country tropic left receive 3 other circumstances has performance pneumonia heavy (a people [one] died), earlier once eat chicken ill die. Nevertheless, test result colour disease all for find they no contract H5N1.
Hospital Bach Mai in two day 31/5 and 1/6 receive 2 patient pneumonia with development specific of flu A H5N1. There is anh Ph?ng Tiến Đ?ng, 29 year-old, is police constable x? once expenditure participation destroy poultry, treating in infection faculty; and a people die. Colour disease their obtained take away test.
The 19 year-old confirmed case is in the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi ["Courtyard clinical diseases country tropic"]. He lives in Ti?n Phong, district Phổ Y?n (in Hanoi?) and works in Đ?ng Anh (Hanoi).
Previously confirmed 30 year-old, Ph?ng Minh Ph?c, lives in Vĩnh Ph?c province, which borders on Hanoi. He is being treated in Bach Mai hospital, Hanoi.
Then the article says, there's been 3 other suspected bf cases in the Institute of Tropical Medicine recently, one of whom died. Test results say none of them had bf.
It continues by saying on 5/31 & 6/1, Bach Mai hospital had 2 other suspected bf cases -- Ph?ng Tiến Đ?ng, 29 year-old, a policeman who, from the sounds of it, has been culling poultry and another person who died. Doesn't sound like test results are back on these two.
A little more from another paper...
Machine-translated from Vietnamese:
Come has add patient suspect contract flu virus A H5N1
June 2, 2007
(HNM) - Day 1-6, PGS.TS Nguyễn Đức Hiền, Dean courtyard treat diseases tropic and country infection, say, already has add a patient south arrow [initial?]T.[the 19 year-old] obtain define contract H5N1. This patient village in district Phổ Y?n, province Th?i Nguy?n, work in a foundation kill cut open poultry in Đ?ng Anh (Hanoi).
Obtain know, from day 19-5, this patient has performance flow country nose, interest ngực. Day 26-5, when obtain move up courtyard treat diseases infection and country tropic, patient has token tr?n epidemic m?ng lung, pneumonia heavy, men liver monk. Appear, patient already across critical a moment.
Out 2 patient define contract flu virus A H5N1, in the past has 3 patient other suspect contract H5N1 join courtyard [Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi], an [one] in this number died. Patients all say has eat ill poultry meat but disease test colour all negative with H5N1. Day 31-5 and day 1-6 has add 2 patient suspect contract H5N1 in hospital Bạch Mai. Mẫu colour disease of patients obtaining test.
About patient P.M.P (patient define first contract flu virus A H5N1) [the 30 year-old] appear already health, pulse ordinary, end sốt, foresee will obtain produce courtyard in several day to. Treat expense for patient P. is 60 million copper but in buổi meet with with Health Ministry minister middle decandrous persimmon ceiling war yesterday 1-6 on the occasion of minister work with hospital, family anh suggest obtain miễn reduce money courtyard this cost because of economy environment difficulty.
Today (2-6), in province Vĩnh Ph?c [where the 30 year-old is from], Health Ministry will launch meeting epidemic prevention flu H5N1 for 29 direction place north.
Đứng sừng sững, uy nghi ngay bên dãy đường chẵn của đường Điện Biên Phủ thuộc quận Ba Đình - Hà Nội, di tích cột cờ được xây dựng từ năm 1805 trên phần đất phía nam của Hoàng thành Thăng Long.
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
Come has add patient suspect contract flu virus A H5N1
June 2, 2007
(HNM) - Day 1-6, PGS.TS Nguyễn Đức Hiền, Dean courtyard treat diseases tropic and country infection, say, already has add a patient south arrow [initial?]T.[the 19 year-old] obtain define contract H5N1. This patient village in district Phổ Y?n, province Th?i Nguy?n, work in a foundation kill cut open poultry in Đ?ng Anh (Hanoi).
The 19 year-old ("T") is from Phổ Y?n district, Thai Nguyen Province, which is just north of Hanoi and just east of Vĩnh Ph?c province (where the 30 year-old confirmed case is from).
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A local man from Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province has been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, becoming the country's second bird flu patient since November 2005, Vietnam News Agency reported on Saturday.
Quoting the Preventive Medicine Department under the Health Ministry, the report said the man from the province's Pho Yen district, who worked at a poultry slaughterhouse in Hanoi on May 14 and developed bird flu symptoms five days later, was admitted to the city-based Tropical Disease Hospital and now has to use a respirator.
Late last month, the ministry confirmed that a 30-year-old man from Me Linh district, northern Vinh Phuc province became the country's latest bird flu patient after a 17-month absence of human infections.
The man named Phung Minh Phuc, exhibiting bird flu symptoms on May 10 after having slaughtered chickens for a wedding party, is recovering well at the city-based Bach Mai Hospital.
The Bach Mai Hospital received two men with bird flu symptoms on May 31 and June 1, one of them died, and the other, a 29-year-old policeman named Phung Tien Dong, who has taken part in culling infected fowls, is under treatment. Specimens from the two people are being tested for bird flu viruses. To date, Vietnam has reported a total of 95 human cases of bird flu infections, including 42 fatalities. However, the World Health Organization has yet to confirm the two latest cases of infections in the country's northern region.
Bird flu infects slaughterhouse worker in Vietnam
Sat Jun 2, 2007 4:17 PM IST
HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man who works at a poultry slaughterhouse outside Hanoi has been infected with bird flu, the country's second human case in less than a month, state media on Saturday quoted a doctor as saying. The man was taken to hospital with fever on May 26 and tests conducted in Vietnam confirmed he had the H5N1 virus, doctor Nguyen Duc Hien who heads the hospital treating the man told the Thanh Nien newspaper.
He told the newspaper the patient was in stable condition.
Hien could not be reached for comment.
Last month Vietnam reported its first human case of H5N1 virus infection in a year and a half, a 30-year-old man in a province neighbouring Hanoi who became sick after helping slaughter chickens at a friend's wedding.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was working with the Vietnamese government to verify that suspected case.
Hien said three more people had been admitted to his hospital in recent weeks with serious pneumonia, and one of them had died.
Doctors had suspected the three had bird flu but tests showed they did not, the doctor told Thanh Nien.
Bird flu has hit chickens and ducks in 13 provinces and in Can Tho city since early May.
A total of 42 Vietnamese have died since the virus re-surfaced in Asia in late 2003. It then re-emerged in 2005, last year and early this year.
The virus has infected 309 people in 12 countries, 187 of whom have died, according to WHO figures. These did not include the death on Tuesday of a 15-year-old Indonesian girl.
Man contracts bird flu in Vietnam June 02 2007 at 01:24PM
A Vietnamese man has contracted the deadly bird flu virus, becoming the country's second human case since late 2005, a health official said on Saturday.
The 19-year-old man tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus early this week after being admitted to the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi, a doctor there told AFP.
The doctor, who asked not to be named, said the victim had been admitted on May 19 and was now in a stable condition.
The daily Lao Dong said the patient had been working for a poultry slaughterhouse in the capital before he was taken to the Institute with a high fever and severe respiratory problems.
The director of Hanoi's Bach Mai hospital told the paper two other suspected bird flu victims had been admitted on Thursday and Friday, one of whom died late Friday.
Their samples are being tested in Hanoi, she said.
Last week Vietnam reported that a 30-year-old farmer had been infected with the deadly bird flu virus, the country's first human case since November 2005.
The victim was admitted to Bach Mai hospital in a critical condition but is now improving.
Bird flu has hit 14 of Vietnam's 64 provinces. The government has called for urgent measures to deal with the situation and to raise awareness of the dangers of bird flu.
Between 2003 and November 2005, Vietnam was one of the countries worst hit by bird flu with 42 deaths. The country, however, won international applause for its transparency and effectiveness in curbing the epidemic.
H5N1 has killed almost 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003. World Health Organisation experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions of people across the globe. - AFP
There is a timeline issue here, Both Xhinhua & AFP point toward May 19 while Reuter point toward May 26, 7 days later...
From Xhinhua : "worked at a poultry slaughterhouse in Hanoi on May 14 and developed bird flu symptoms five days later, was admitted to the city-based Tropical Disease Hospital..."
From Reuter : "The man was taken to hospital with fever on May 26"
From AFP : "The doctor, who asked not to be named, said the victim had been admitted on May 19"
There is a timeline issue here, Both Xhinhua & AFP point toward May 19 while Reuter point toward May 26, 7 days later...
From Xhinhua : "worked at a poultry slaughterhouse in Hanoi on May 14 and developed bird flu symptoms five days later, was admitted to the city-based Tropical Disease Hospital..."
From Reuter : "The man was taken to hospital with fever on May 26"
From AFP : "The doctor, who asked not to be named, said the victim had been admitted on May 19"
Well spotted, Mingus!
Looking at one of the Vietnamese articles, I think the guy was in a district hospital first, admitted on the 19th, and then transferred to the Institute of Tropical Medicine on the 26th (as his condition deteriorated):
Originally posted by post #10
Day 14/5, anh go to work in a foundation kill cut open poultry in Đông Anh (Hanoi), thereafter 5 day feel interest ngực, difficult tired, rét, flow country nose. From hospital district [i.e. the district hospital], anh obtain move up [transferred to] courtyard clinical diseases country tropic [the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hanoi]. About from day 21 to 26/5, bilateral lung heavy hurt, men liver monk; patient being tràn gas màng lung, suy respiratory heavy, life denounced.
Just a thought. ??
...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes
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