Indonesia, Woman, 19, died of H5N1 in Tangerang, Banten province - near Jakarta

[Gert van der Hoek]

Bird Flu Claims Third Victim This Year in Jakarta

February 21, 2012

Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia’s third human death from the deadly disease this year, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the region with China, Cambodia and Vietnam all reporting deaths from the H5N1 virus this year.

The latest Indonesian victim died on Feb. 13, a day after being admitted to a hospital in Tangerang district on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, the ministry said.

Tests on the victim after she died confirmed she had contracted the virus, but a health ministry team that surveyed her house and neighborhood was unable to determine its source.

The ministry added the woman had a fever for four days before arriving at the hospital.

Indonesia recorded two bird-flu fatalities in Jakarta in January. The country has been the hardest-hit by bird flu, with 150 deaths reported between 2003 and 2011, according to the World Health Organization.

Nine Indonesians died from the virus last year, including two children on the resort island of Bali in October, according to authorities.

The virus typically spreads from birds to humans through direct contact, but experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans, with the potential to kill millions in a pandemic.

Jakarta Globe

See also: press release Min of Health

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Bird Flu Claims Third Victim This Year in Jakarta

Re: Bird Flu Claims Third Victim This Year in Jakarta

Source: http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/02/21/214385354/Satu-Lagi-Korban-Flu-Burung-Meninggal

Selasa, 21 Februari 2012 | 11:34 WIB
Satu Lagi Korban Flu Burung Meninggal

Google translation:

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | 11:34 pm
One More Bird Flu Victim Dies

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - List of victims of the H5N1 strain of bird flu known as Kh increases by death, 19 years old, a domestic servant in Tangerang South. "The latest victim of bird flu case is Kh. He was domestic in origin Kebumen Tangerang, "said Director of Animal Disease Control Sourced (P2B2) Dr. Rita Kusriastuti, MSc.

Rita explained, before he died, Kh had returned home to Kebumen. After returning to Jakarta, on February 8, 2012, symptoms of fever, cough, and runny nose. Later February 9, 2012, this girl went to the doctor in a private clinic and finally on February 12, 2012 were treated at Mercy Hospital Sari, Karawaci, Tangerang. "He died on February 13, but he tested positive for H5N1 on 15 February," said Rita.

According to Rita, it has been doing the examination, either in Kebumen and in Tangerang. Results of the investigation stated that Kh not in contact with poultry infected with H5N1 virus. Kh environment around the house, both in Kebumen and in Tangerang, nor is there any poultry that died suddenly. The people closest to Kh, such as family, has also been examined, but no sign of anyone infected with the virus. "We're still investigating this case because the cause of Kh affected remains unclear," says Rita.

Release of the Health Ministry said other possible risk factors are treating the case of a sick chicken on February 4, 2012 in his hometown of Kebumen. Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, as the focal point of the International Health Regulations (IHR), has informed the case to the World Health Organization (WHO).

In the case that Kh, then the number of cases of bird flu victims in three people in 2012. Previously, two more bird flu deaths were uncle and nephew pair PDY, 23, and ASR, 5 years. PDY died on January 7 and ASR died on January 16, 2012.

Meanwhile, RO, 17, in Tangerang, which was thought to have contracted bird flu H1N1 virus apparently died of pdm09.

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[tetano]

Indonesia, Woman, 19, died of H5N1 in Tangerang, Banten province - near Jakarta

21 February 2012 - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.

The case is a 19 year-old female from Banten Province. She developed symptoms on 8 February 2012, was hospitalised on 12 February 2012 and died on 13 February 2012.

Epidemiological investigation is ongoing by the Ministries of Health and Agriculture.

Of the 185 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 153 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_02_21/en/index.html

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Indonesia, Woman, 19, died of H5N1 in Tangerang, Banten province - near Jakarta

KH apparently worked as a housemaid in south Tangerang, Banten Regency and died in a Tangerang hospital. She was from Kebumen in Kebumen Regency in Central Java. She may have been infected from sick poultry in Kebumen in Central Java.