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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/ri-remains-global-bird-flu-hot-spot.html
Friday, December 30, 2011 19:52 PM
National
RI remains global bird flu ?hot spot?
Elly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 12/30/2011 10:51 PM
The number of bird flu infections has declined over the past few years, but Indonesia remains the virus? ?hot spot?, as backyard poultry farms remain the backbone in supplying meat for the population, a senior health official says.
Rita Kusriastuti, director of animal-borne infectious disease control at the Health Ministry, said on Thursday that low figures in bird flu infections did not necessarily mean the worst was over, as chickens kept by residents in backyard farms had potential risk factors for transmitting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)...
...Indonesia experienced its first deaths from the disease this year, when two children from Bangli regency died of avian flu in Bali in October. Including these two cases, only nine cases of human infection from the H5N1 virus have been confirmed so far this year.
Muhammad Azhar, coordinator of the avian influenza control unit of the directorate general of animal husbandry and animal health at the Agriculture Ministry, said the H5N1 bird flu infection in animals has continued to decline since reaching its peak in 2007.
Friday, December 30, 2011 19:52 PM
National
RI remains global bird flu ?hot spot?
Elly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 12/30/2011 10:51 PM
The number of bird flu infections has declined over the past few years, but Indonesia remains the virus? ?hot spot?, as backyard poultry farms remain the backbone in supplying meat for the population, a senior health official says.
Rita Kusriastuti, director of animal-borne infectious disease control at the Health Ministry, said on Thursday that low figures in bird flu infections did not necessarily mean the worst was over, as chickens kept by residents in backyard farms had potential risk factors for transmitting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)...
...Indonesia experienced its first deaths from the disease this year, when two children from Bangli regency died of avian flu in Bali in October. Including these two cases, only nine cases of human infection from the H5N1 virus have been confirmed so far this year.
Muhammad Azhar, coordinator of the avian influenza control unit of the directorate general of animal husbandry and animal health at the Agriculture Ministry, said the H5N1 bird flu infection in animals has continued to decline since reaching its peak in 2007.