INDONESIA - Jan 20-Feb 27, 2007: General bird flu news

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http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=333937&Category=24

Mayor: Jakarta conquering bird flu
Saturday, February 3, 2007
By NINIEK KARMINI ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesia claimed a major victory in the fight against bird flu Thursday, saying the heart of the capital had been cleared of backyard fowl and that residents elsewhere were handing in chickens for slaughter.
But poultry could still be seen roaming freely in suburban neighborhoods and some people hid pet birds in their homes, raising doubts the campaign would prevent further human deaths in the country hardest hit by the virus.
"I can guarantee there are no backyard birds in Central Jakarta," said Muhayat, the mayor, who uses a single name. "The people here are now fully aware of the disease and voluntarily culled their birds."
Indonesian deaths
Indonesia has tallied 63 human deaths from bird flu, nearly a third of the world's total. It came under criticism for failing to crack down on bird flu when it first appeared nearly four years ago, but has since taken concerted steps to stamp out the deadly H5N1 strain.
Gov. Sutiyoso said he was pleased with progress so far in Jakarta, where owners have voluntarily slaughtered some 100,000 domestic chickens, racing pigeons and ducks in the last few weeks - around a tenth of the estimated number in the capital.
The H5N1 virus has killed or prompted the slaughter of millions of birds around the world since late 2003, and caused the deaths of at least 164 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
Most of the victims so far have been infected by contact with birds. But experts fear it could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, and start a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.
PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE
In Lagos, Nigeria, meanwhile, shirtless young men slaughtered chickens with machetes, then poured their blood down an embankment as they talked about their nation's first bird-flu death, announced Tuesday.
In Tokyo, meanwhile, officials confirmed that a bird flu virus from the H5 family killed dozens of chickens in the fourth outbreak to hit Japan's poultry stocks this year.
Authorities were still workinOfficials will slaughter the farm's 93,000 chickens and sterilize the site, the Ministry said in a statement.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu news

Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu news

Bird Flu not a big problem in Indonesia

Some snips from long article, asking among other things this question: BF victims tend to be "people of the public", not poultry workers. Why? Extra factors?

Says BF is not such a big problem, it is hyped. Lot of respiratory tract infections in Indonesia, that is why people die. Diagnosis BF is because of the widespread antibodies, or BF infection in a later stage .

Yuny Erwanto
the Lecturer the UGM School Of Animal Husbandry


The case in Indonesia showed bird flu precisely fell on many people of the public and not the pen worker.

This matter if we the identification further became a big question.
Like that was the virus easy H5N1 moved to humankind or had other factors from the case of the death of humankind whereas bird flu only became the promoter to the side of the death?

This virus in fact did not make humankind the habitat to live.
Meaning that, grew optimal him to the chicken, the duck, and the other poultry.

To be able to move to this humankind still became the big question mark whether through the intermediary or direct.

The department of the Health must carry out the study whether true the death someone pure by bird flu or had the other infection so as the bird flu virus only to precursor him.

Must be learnt that the pen workers were in Hong Kong found by the existence of antibodies in his body so as to become immune to the bird flu virus.

This indicated that humankind was given by the capacity to remain from the bird flu virus and this strengthened the assumption of the possibility of the existence of the other illness infection that pushed the height of the percentage of the death of the case of this bird flu in Indonesia.

Actually with knew really many illnesses that almost all of them had the risk of the death that was high to humankind more will calm in completing the problem.

The illness and the virus went straight in turns came and increasingly was difficult to be predicted.

As clear humankind must continue to do efforts but exasperation and the official's unrest will only load this problem.

http://www.republika.co.id/kolom_detail.asp?id=281259&kat_id=16

 

[Richard McC]

Flattest!

Flattest!

OK, no news is coming out of Indonesia this weekend, so a diversion.

I found the following info here http://medicalzone.org/forum/portal.php?topic_id=2894

Several old really the incubation of the bird flu virus?
The incubation period of the bird flu virus was 2-10 days after flattest.
But, most cases showed the sign after 3-5 days after flattest by this virus.
What were signs of bird flu?
Signs of bird flu of the beginning often were the same as seasonal influenza humankind (the cough, was sick the throat, the high fever, had a headache, was sick the muscle, etc).

In this context, the Indonesian word 'terpapar', translated as 'flattest', can only mean 'being exposed to' or something similar. It cannot mean 'sickest' as previously proposed. See http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=61109&postcount=9 and subsequent posts.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Floods death toll climbs to 18, over 300,000 homeless

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Floods in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its surrounding areas of Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi have killed at least 18 people and two others missing, a spokesman said.

Rustam S. Pakaya, head of the Crisis Control Center of the Ministry of Health said here on Sunday night that floods also had made over 300,000 homeless.

http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=26926

 

[Richard McC]

Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu newsMetrotvnews headlines 11-12 Feb 07

Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu newsMetrotvnews headlines 11-12 Feb 07



Multiple updates concerning a death in Garut - E

12/02/2007 10:05 - Nusantara
RS Garut AGAIN received the PATIENT SUSPECT FLU of BURUNG
Garut: the Patient just numbering three people evidently a village with the positive patient bird flu had the initials E that died Ahad yesterday.

12/02/2007 09:03 - Nusantara
the PATIENT SUSPECT Garut ORIGIN BIRD FLU died DUNIA
Garut: the Patient suspect bird flu that was treated in the doctor's Hospital Slamet, Garut, of West Java, Ahad (11/2), finally had died.

<snip>

11/02/2007 21:11 - Nusantara
AGAIN, A Garut RESIDENT was expected by FLU of BURUNG
Garut: Other the patient suspect bird flu entered RSU the doctor Slamet, Garut, of West Java.
The child nine years from the Earth Village were suspended, the Sukarame Village, Garut, was carried to the hospital in the quite serious condition.

11/02/2007 17:05 - Nusantara
the PATIENT SUSPECT BIRD FLU in Garut MENINGGAL (died)
Garut: the bird flu Virus again claimed fatalities.
This time, casualties came from Garut, West Java.
Nyoya E died in RSUD Selamet, Garut.

11/02/2007 14:11 - Nusantara
RS HANDSOME SADIKIN received the PATIENT SUSPECT FLU of BURUNG
Bandung: A flattest patient bird flu was treated in RS Handsome Sadikin, Bandung, West Java.
An other patient who it was suspected was affected by the bird flu virus has been permitted to come home.

11/02/2007 08:11 - Nusantara
the PATIENT SUSPECT BIRD FLU entered the HOUSE of SAKIT
Garut: the regional Public Hospital (RSUD) Doctor Slamet, Garut, West Java, again treated the patient suspect bird flu.
The temperature of the body and tresfirasi or the breath above normal.

 

[Theresa42]

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Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu news

Thanks, Richard!

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu news

Avian Flu in poultry spreading through the Indonesian Islands, report from Jayapura, the capital of Irian Yaya (a.k.a. West Papua, Irian Barat, New Guinea)

On Tuesday, February 13 2007

http://www.cenderawasihpos.com/Utama/h.1.html

Bird flu entered Jayapura

Known from the Death of the Poultry belonging to the Resident of Dock IX. Jayapura, the case of bird flu or normally was acknowledged as Alfian Influens (AI) that uptil now only often happens in the Jakarta area and Java, currently already positive entered Jayapura.

The discovery of the case of bird flu in this Jayapura City, followed three other areas in Papua that beforehand was stirred up by the case of bird flu.
The three areas, Timika (in May 2006), Manokwari (in December 2005), and Puncak Jaya last September 2006.

The head of the Executive's technical Unit (UPT) the Clinic and the Health Laboratory of the Jayapura Animal, Dr. Beny Pantiadi, said, the discovery of this bird flu virus started from the death 7 chickens belonging to the resident of the Dock of IX Jayapura, to be precise behind PT Panca the Desire that had a name, Ansanay.

The reason for his chicken died, this resident at once reported him to the Head of the Jayapura District North, the next one of Kadistrik as well as his staff at once inspected the location of the death 7 chickens.

Afterwards, after inspecting this location, Kadistrik telephoned to the Health service of the Jayapura City because by chance that died the poultry.
Further, the relevant service coordinated to the Mayor and to Kadin (the Section Head the Health) the Jayapura City.

In order to ascertains this report, Kadin City Agriculture and Kasubdin Livestock Breeding at once descended to the field.

credits Treyfish

 

[Richard McC]

One weakens, one improves

One weakens, one improves

Liputan6.com, Jambi: the Condition for the assumption patient of bird flu, Enriko, that was treated in the Raden Mataher regional Public Hospital, Jambi, increasingly weak.
The child aged five half of the year his body heat achieved 38 Celcius levels and still coughs.

The hospital side did not yet accept results of the sample inspection of his blood of Jakarta [read: three people was expected Tertular the Bird Flu Virus].


The patient of the Bird Flu Negative in RSHS Membaik
Bandung: the Condition for fortune [Rizki], the assumption patient of bird flu that was treated in Handsome Sadikin space of the Hospital isolation, Bandung, of West Java, gradually got better.

Results of the sample inspection of first blood of the Body of Health Research And Development (Balitbangkes) Jakarta showed, fortune of the bird flu negative.
But he was still being treated with Tamiflu therapy in accordance with the handling procedure of the assumption patient of bird flu.

http://www.liputan6.com/view/12,137391,1,0,1171424469.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: INDONESIA - Jan 20+ - General bird flu news

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From an Indonesian Blog:

I have filed a story on bird flu with a PRI radio program called The World, which is produced at WBUR in Boston. This is the story which took me to Medan, to Kaben Jahe, and to Sumbul for a look at the culling and bird flu containment operations there. I?ll let the story speak for itself ? please let me know what you think!

Click Here to listen: http://audio.theworld.org/wma.php?id=08244

Please feel free to ask questions.

Posted by Ewin & Siti at 7:39 AM

http://fluburungbahaya.blogspot.com/2007/02/bird-flu-radio-story.html

 

[Richard McC]

Liputan news headlines 15-17 Feb

Liputan news headlines 15-17 Feb

17/02/2007 06:23

the Patient the Assumption of Jambi Bird Flu of improving

the Temperature of the body of four pre-schoolers began to descend and his coughs also decreased.
Two assumption patients of bird flu currently has been in restoration space while being waiting for results of the sample inspection of their blood.

16/02/2007 18:53

RS Syaiful Anwar treated three patients the Assumption of H5N1

of two assumption patients of bird flu entered RS Syaiful Anwar, Malang today.
A patient still is at the home since a week set.
Some pasie was suspected bird flu because of his parents's chicken died suddenly.

16/02/2007 06:58

RSUP M. Djamil accommodated the New Patient

Alifah was treated intensive in RSUP M. Djamil, Padang, West Sumatra.
Results of the temporary inspection showed the bird flu negative to Alifah.
But, the hospital side was still being waiting for the blood inspection that was sent to RSPI Sulianti Saroso.

15/02/2007 19:52

three patients the Assumption of Bird Flu were Still being treated

three assumption patients of bird flu were still undergoing the maintenance in the Raden Mataher Hospital, Jambi.
The three patients that all of it the children had the story of contact with the poultry died as a result of bird flu.

15/02/2007 15:06

RS Serang treated the New Patient Bird Flu

the Serang regional Public Hospital, Banten, received the patient of bird flu of assumption reconciliation.
The grandfather who originally it was suspected was attacked by this dengue fever had the direct contact note with the chicken that died suddenly.

 

[Richard McC]

Other problems

Other problems

Some indication of why AI may not be top of the Indo priority list at the moment:

Metrotvnews.com, Tangerang: The Number Of of the sufferer's patients leptospirosis in the regional Public Hospital (RSUD) Tangerang, Banten, continued to jump.
RSUD Tangerang the first time received the patient leptospirosis totalling two people last February 13.
However in the period two days of the illness sufferer that were resulted in the mouse urine improved to 11 people.
One person including being named Siti Juleha.
The resident Balaraja, Tangerang this in fact in the critical condition and underwent the intensive maintenance in space ICU. Apart From suffered leptospirosis, Siti was also diagnosed suffered dengue fever dengue fever.
RSUD Tangerang Doctor Bambang Wisnubroto Director said, all the patient was flood casualties some time before.
Apart from the patient from the City territory and the Tangerang Regency, the patient leptospirosis that was treated in the hospital partly come from from the Special Capital District of Jakarta territory, among them from the Tegal territory the Channel, Kalideres and Cengkareng, Jakarta West.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Report saying there is no vet in Central Sulawesi who knows about BF

Sulteng not Have Doctor Bird Flu

The HAMMER -- For Years the Central Sulawesi Province (Sulteng) did not have the special veterinary surgeon handled the bird flu illness.

As a result, the local side of the health service experienced the difficulty if in his territory was found by the case of this deadly illness.

In Sulteng at this time only had 10 veterinary surgeons, but was not a single that had the expertise in the problem of bird flu.

The condition of this kind was also found in the other regency in the Sulteng territory, the headword of the agricultural Service, Forestry and Marine (Distanhutlat) the Palu City, Ir Zaenal Arifin SH, in Palu, on Wednesday, (14/2)

He said, the side of the Palu Municipal Government and the Sulteng Provincial Government has several times put forward the request to the government of the centre to assign a special veterinary surgeon handled the problem of bird flu.

But the proposal now does not yet have the response. According to Arifin, while handling the case of bird flu that attacked the poultry in the Palu City territory, his side only relied on two available veterinary surgeons was helped by several veterinary surgeons from the government of the province.
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http://www.republika.co.id/koran_detail.asp?id=282834&kat_id=119

 

[Richard McC]

Liputan news headlines 17-19 Feb

Liputan news headlines 17-19 Feb

19/02/2007 13:52

Another the Resident Indramayu was expected by Bird Flu

the Resident Indramayu that it was suspected was attacked by the bird flu illness improved a person.
Muhammad was from the Singaraja Village treated in RSUD Indramayu after experienced hot high and breathless.

18/02/2007 07:26

the Bird Flu Patient in Padang improves

RSUD Mohammad Djamil, the Padang City, currently treated two assumption patients of bird flu.
From results of the laboratory inspection, a patient was stated by the negative contracted bird flu.
One other patient was waiting for results of the test.

17/02/2007 14:07

Again, the Patient was suspected Bird Flu was isolated Audio
A patient who was suspected of by bird flu being isolated in the doctor's Hospital Slamet, Garut, of West Java.
The patient remained at one village with Elis, the patient who died because positive bird flu.

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[Richard McC]

Expansion of 19 Feb story above

Expansion of 19 Feb story above

19/02/2007 13:52

Liputan6.com, Indramayu:

Muhammad, a Singaraja villager, Indramayu, West Java, was treated in RSUD Indramayu because of contracting the illness precisely bird flu.
Beforehand two local residents have also been treated because of suffering the sign that was same as being experienced by Muhammad [read: the Resident Cikedung destroyed the Livestock Animal].

According to the RSUD Indramayu side, Muhammad suffered breathless was accompanied hot high and sick.

Beforehand he contact with the poultry that died suddenly.

To ascertain the illness kind, blood of the three patients has been sent to Jakarta.

To prevent the spreading of bird flu, hundreds of thousands of poultries in Parepare, Sidrap, Pinrang, divaksin in a mass fashion.

Officially South Sulawesi Livestock Breeding and the official of animal quarantine prepared 360 thousand doses of the vaccine.

Moreover, they took the example of poultry blood that was expected terjangkit the virus avian influenza.

Now in Majene, Sulawesi West spread him the case of bird flu caused the production of the poultry to plummet as far as 40 percent. To satisfy the requirement for the inhabitants of 320 thousand chickens per the month, the traders were forced to look for chicken supplies from the other area.

According to the Section Head Agriculture and Majene Burhanuddin Livestock Breeding, the production plummeted because of the trauma breeder to again maintained the poultry after the plague of bird flu happening.
(Ken/the Team of Coverage 6 SCTV)

http://www.liputan6.com/view/3,137634,1,0,1171873512.html

 

[Richard McC]

Metrotv news headlines 17-19 Feb

Metrotv news headlines 17-19 Feb

19/02/2007 15:05 - Nusantara

the RESIDENT asked the Kudus LIVESTOCK BREEDING SERVICE to do VAKSINASI

Kudus: Frightened tertular bird flu, the resident 11 RT that lived in the Lovely environment of Housing of the Hope Gate, Gondang Sweet, the Kudus City, Central Java, asked the related service to carry out the vaccination and spraying of their regional poultry.

18/02/2007 08:07 - Nusantara

OTHER SUSPECT BIRD FLU entered RSHS

Bandung: A resident must be treated in isolation space of RSHS Bandung because of being expected flattest the virus H5N1.
Two weeks before R was sick, dozens of chickens belonging to the neighbour and property him died suddenly.

17/02/2007 14:11 - Nusantara

two Garut residents entered the FLU ISOLATION of BURUNG

Jakarta: two Garut residents must be treated in RS space of the bird flu isolation the doctor Slamet, Garut, of West Java.
The two patients suffered the sign similar to bird flu after could contact with ungas-poultry that died.

17/02/2007 12:38 - Nusantara

DOZENS OF chickens competed with a value of RP 10 MILLION of DIMUSNAHKAN

Bandung: the Awareness of the community would the bird flu danger continued to increase.
Proven in Bandung, West Java.
A resident Arcamanik was willing to destroy dozens of chickens adu him with a value of Rp 10 million to prevent the spreading of bird flu.

17/02/2007 05:38 - Nusantara

A Madiun RESIDENT was IT WAS SUSPECTED most FLAT FLU of BURUNG
Madiun: the Patient has the initials P, currently, was treated in RS the doctor Soedhono, the Madiun City, of East Java.
The patient suffered the sign of the high fever, coughs and breathless.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Sumatra, Medan

Dozens of students visited Mapoldasu and Kejatisu demanded Assumption Investigation of Corruption in RS Adam Malik

February 23, 2007 at 09:27 of Medan (SIB)

Dozens Of students who were bundled into the Alliance of the Student cared about the Health (Almapkes) with joined in angkot and carried several posters/the banner visited Mapoldasu in Street Sisingamangaraja Km 10.5 Medan, on Thursday (22/2).

The arrival of the students kordinator Zulkifli sent their aspirations on the development of the project of the illness Adam of bird flu of the Pilgrim's Hospital of the maintenance building the Medan Malik who was made the site searched ate unlawfully by the element or the certain agency.

According to the Almapkes mass, the development of the project of the bird flu illness of RS Adam of the maintenance building the Medan Owner was budgeted for by the contract fund of Rp 1.630.000.000, in fact the fund that was needed in the implementation of this project approximately Rp. 670.000.000. So with the fund swelling, the country incurred a loss approximately Rp 960.000.000.

From results of the calculation, was suspected of having the indication of corruption in the project without this tender.

In connection with that, the student sent his attitude statement so that the Kejatisu side checks the project that was done by Adam Malik Hospital , asked the Poldasu side to carry out investigation towards the indication of corruption that happened in this hospital and asked for KPK or the authorised agency mengaudit the development fund that was done this hospital.

The presence of the Almapkes mass was accepted by Kasub Bid Coverage of public relations of Poldasu AKBP Ridwan Usman, AKP Jhoni Siahaan and AKP Ramli Sirait in Poldasu Press Club space, on Thursday (22/2) and they promised to continue this demand to his superior.

After hearing the official's statement Poldasu, the students dispersed himself in an orderly manner.

Now in Kejatisu, demonstrators's mass was accepted by AJ Ketaren SH public relations, what was sent by them will be continued to headed by Kejatisu.

http://www.hariansib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23567&Itemid=1

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Report on Dengue fever from Sumatra, Lampung; mentions possible mutation of the virus, symptoms look like Bird Flu to me....

http://kompas.com/ver1/Kesehatan/0702/22/173016.htm

The patient DBD Lampung worsen

Banda Lampung, Kompas -- the Sufferer of dengue fever dengue fever (DBD) in Lampung in two months was recorded continued to increase.

Officially the Lampung Health estimated that happened resulting from the existence of the mutation of DBD virus genetics that emerged in the form of the other sign apart from signs of the public DBD that has been understood by the community uptil now.

Was like this it was said the Section Head the Lampung Health of Wiwiek Eka Meini, on Thursday (22/2). Wiwiek said, if uptil now the DBD virus attack showed signs of early like nausea, hot high suddenly, and the enlargement of the heart to the positive patient DBD, then now signs of flu, the cough, and pilek must be guarded against as the sign of the attack of the beginning DBD.

That that caused the occurrence of the extraordinary incident (KLB) DBD in Banda Lampung for the last two months. So, Wiwiek words, for the community that learned one of his family's members suffered the cough or pilek or necessary flu immediately memeriksakan to the hospital.

" The community also was recommended to ask for the blood inspection in the laboratory to confirm whether his family was attacked by DBD or not," he said.

Endah Suryaningtyas, Parasitolog from the MIPA Faculty the Lampung route of University Biology separately refused to say the increase in the number of DBD patients in Lampung happened because of the mutation of virus genetics DBD. the Mutation of virus genetics will happen when the virus received the pressure, for example because of medicine or the vaccine.

In Indonesia, the variation of virus genetics of a large number of amount. Moreover the DBD virus kind then had several sorts, among them dengue fever 1, dengue fever 2, and dengue fever 3.

Depended the condition for the body someone, the DBD virus that attacked someone could be different his kind. So, if the condition for the body someone weak because of flu or the cough, so when DBD mosquitoes of the virus bearer biting, he could be attacked by DBD.

"So as still could not be ascertained, with the sign of flu or the cough has been the indication of early DBD as results of the mutation of this virus genetics.

Could be flu or the cough was the illness penyerta or the intermediary's illness saja," he said. So, was needed by the more deep and scientific research.

Only, the Health Service must continue to appeal to the community to guard against this DBD virus attack and encouraged very clean the environment.

Moreover, at this time the environment and the behaviour of the life of the Lampung community many that were unhealthy.

As a result, the DBD virus was easy to attack anyone and to make the patient DBD continue to improve in Lampung that that caused KLB DBD.

The section head the Prevention and the Control of the Aila Kayrus Illness said, was based on the Lampung note of the Health Service per February 22 2007, the number of patients DBD that was treated in several hospitals in Banda Lampung at this time totalling 190 patients.

The number has increased from Wednesday by (21/2) that totalling 167 patients. The increase per the case day of the DBD patient from all over Lampung also really menyolok.

The Lampung note of the Health Service mentioned, from Tuesday (20/2) to Wednesday (21/2), the number of patients DBD that had been treated and treated increased by 55 cases from 1368 patients to 1.423 cases. Now from Wednesday (21/2) to Thursday (22/2) increased by 59 cases, from before 1.423 cases became 1.482 cases.

credits BGW in MT

 

[Richard McC]

Denge vs AI

Denge vs AI

Dutchy, are you suggesting that AI cases may be being reported as dengue?

To what end?

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Denge vs AI

Re: Denge vs AI

Dutchy, are you suggesting that AI cases may be being reported as dengue?

To what end?

Reports says - as I understand it - the symptoms of Dengue Fever seem to change, looking more like the symptoms of Bird Flu.
It seems to be more difficult to make a good diagnosis, especially in the important early stage of the illness.

An example is the policeman who died, his illness was diagnosed as Dengue, later he was suspected BF, not confirmed, test still pending.

Does not make the job of the Indonesian doctors more easy.

 

[wdcare]

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This is background info from Jakarta Post regarding current dengue in Jakarta:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070223120410&irec=15
Patients keep pouring to hospitals despite receding floodwaters

JAKARTA (AP): Waters in Jakarta have receded, but Dr. Kristiono is busier than ever, moving from bed to bed in a cramped tent set up outside his overcrowded hospital for patients suffering from diarrhea, dengue fever and other waterborne illnesses.

"I've never seen anything like it," he said, pointing to a row of babies on intravenous drips, many of them sick after their parents used tap water infected with E. coli bacteria in their formula. "They just keep coming in."

Seasonal downpours this month caused rivers to break their banks in Jakarta, a sprawling metropolis of 12 million people, covering more than half the city with black, putrid water, waist-and neck-deep in some low-lying slum areas.

At least 97 people either drowned or were electrocuted in the capital and neighboring Banten and West Java provinces, and 38 others have since died of waterborne diseases with health experts warning that the numbers are likely to climb.

Hospitals are grappling with 1,500 flood victims and there remains a potential for an epidemic of mosquito-borne diseases now that monsoon storms have largely stopped.

Nearly two-thirds of the flood patients citywide are suffering from diarrhea, which unlike vector-borne diseases, strikes very quickly in the rainy season. Some septic tanks burst during thefloods, contaminating water that has since been bottled and resold for drinking. There have been 20 deaths so far.

Doctors and nurses made their way slowly through wards packed with wailing babies and listless children in hardest-hit Koja Hospital, where up until a week ago beds were lining the corridors.

After coming under fire for failing to put in place essential flood control measures, the government provided tons of emergency relief and set up massive air-conditioned tents outside the building.

"He started having stomach problems last weekend," Unayah said of her 6-month-old son Tamin in one of the makeshift wards. "He was hot, he was crying. I brought him here as soon As he started having diarrhea."

"So far they've treated us very well," she said, adding that all care and medication related to flood-related illnesses has been free. "Many people are angry, but I feel very lucky to be here." (**)