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Health: H5N1, H7N9
By Suy Se
Published: April 11, 2013
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) ? As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better-known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
Bird flu has killed eight people so far this year in Cambodia, including six children, while more than 13,000 chickens have been culled or died from the highly contagious illness.
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So far the kingdom has not recorded any human cases of the H7N9 strain and is focused on fighting the more common H5N1 virus...
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The current outbreak is Cambodia?s worst ever, accounting for nearly a third of its 27 human deaths from H5N1 since the virus emerged in the kingdom in 2005 following a spate of deaths in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia that sparked international concern.
No scientific explanation has been found yet to explain the sharp rise in human victims this year. In 2012 three people died from H5N1 in Cambodia.
?There are some missing pieces in the puzzle and that?s why we are looking to see how this can be improved,? said Lotfi Allal, an animal expert at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Cambodia.
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Full text:
http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=7073&sid=1&subid=4
By Suy Se
Published: April 11, 2013
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) ? As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better-known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
Bird flu has killed eight people so far this year in Cambodia, including six children, while more than 13,000 chickens have been culled or died from the highly contagious illness.
...
So far the kingdom has not recorded any human cases of the H7N9 strain and is focused on fighting the more common H5N1 virus...
...
The current outbreak is Cambodia?s worst ever, accounting for nearly a third of its 27 human deaths from H5N1 since the virus emerged in the kingdom in 2005 following a spate of deaths in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia that sparked international concern.
No scientific explanation has been found yet to explain the sharp rise in human victims this year. In 2012 three people died from H5N1 in Cambodia.
?There are some missing pieces in the puzzle and that?s why we are looking to see how this can be improved,? said Lotfi Allal, an animal expert at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Cambodia.
...
Full text:
http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=7073&sid=1&subid=4