Taiwanese man dies in Vietnam, tests negative for bird flu

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

We're assuming he left his father in S. Korea, but his father may have left Vietnam to go to S. Korea.

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No such assumption. Travel history remains unclear.

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

We're assuming he left his father in S. Korea, but his father may have left Vietnam to go to S. Korea.

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Neither country has had human activity in the regions in question (Vietnam H5n1 activity has been largely in the north). However, H5N1 in South Korea is likely, based on migration patterns, although South Korea has yet to report human H5N1 with pneumonia.

All that is clear is that the fatal infection took a sudden turn for the worse, with death 7 hours after the patient was put on a respirator (which was 4 hours after admission).

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Another source in Vietnam

http://tintuconline.vietnamnet.vn/vn/xahoi/170497/

A foreigner die sudden because of contract flu H5N1 ?
Th four , 7 / 11 / 2007 , 15:06 GMT + 7
Mr. Lu Chin week , 33 year-old , South Korean , join courtyard faculty many city need Thơ moment 3h day 5 / 11 , because of hospital ah county M?n move to . when join courtyard faculty many city need Thơ , health situation Mr. Lu Chin week sốt tall , difficult , suy respiratory
To 7h morning the same day sudden patient suy respiratory heavy , must put nội windpipe ; shoot X-ray , ultra sonic , blood test for find lung hurt like circumstances pneumonia heavy because of virus , to 14h the same day patient die , corpse patient obtain move to keep in mortuary of central general hospital need Thơ

Mr. Lu Chin week take Vietnamese wife , village in district flag red , city need Thơ . according to people home direction wife Mr. Lu Chin week say , father intestine his ( in South Korea ) also ing mắc disease , has resemble symptom .

According to information from each doctor say , when shoot lung patient define patient die is because of pneumonia heavy virus . nevertheless , define to exact patient relatively to flu virus A ( H5N1 ) well no , must take mẫu test send to courtyard Pasteur TP Hồ Ch? Minh and waiting result

At present , general hospital city need Thơ isolating some people direct contact with patient , things use , equipment page and wash correct repeatation according to regulation

 

[Niko]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

No such assumption. Travel history remains unclear.

Agreed, but this part of post #1 led me to suspect that the 33 YO travelled to (or returned home to) his wife's city of Can Tho from S. Korea.

The man named Lu Chin-chu, whose wife is from the city's Co Dodistrict

And this article title from post #23 further supports it:

A foreigner die sudden because of contract flu H5N1

Hopefully, more details will will clarify this and status of the father in S. Korea.

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Agreed, but this part of post #1 led me to suspect that the 33 YO travelled to (or returned home to) his wife's city of Can Tho from S. Korea.

And this article title from post #23 further supports it:

Hopefully, more details will will clarify this and status of the father in S. Korea.

I think there are many reasons to lean toward travel from Korea to Vietnam, but details are sketchy. The term "foreigner" may just refer to nationality, since the story originated in Vietnamese press. Thus, the husband could be staying with his wife in Vietnam and his visting father returned to Korea.

However, since both patients with symptoms are Korean and the son may have recently arrived in southern Vietnam, a Korean orgin is possible (and probably likely).

Of course just a little more detail would resolve these issues, which is why I was searching through the Vietnamese-language press for more clues.

 

[Theresa42]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

I didn't find anything here, but here's a newspaper from Can Tho city:
http://www.baocantho.com.vn/vietnam/

For searching purposes, bf is often referred to in the Vietnamese press as: cúm gia cầm (or variations of that)

South Korea is: Hàn Quốc

 

[Niko]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Thanks T42!

A English -> Vietnamese dictionary yielded the following...

Influenza =

• (y học) bệnh c?m

• dịch ((nghĩa b?ng))

Avian =

• (thuộc) lo?i chim

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

I didn't find anything here, but here's a newspaper from Can Tho city:
http://www.baocantho.com.vn/vietnam/

For searching purposes, bf is often referred to in the Vietnamese press as: cúm gia cầm (or variations of that)

South Korea is: Hàn Quốc

It should be noted that Google now allows for advanced searches which can include Vietnamese as the language and results limited to articles in the past 24 hours. The search of cúm gia cầm returns 207 articles.

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=c%C3%BAm+gia+c%E1%BA%A7m&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_vi&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=d&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

It should be noted that Google now allows for advanced searches which can include Vietnamese as the language and results limited to articles in the past 24 hours. The search of c?m gia cầm returns 207 articles.

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=c...as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

In quotes there are 162 articles

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="cúm+gia+cầm"&as_qdr=d&btnG=Search&lr=lang_vi

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Here is one of the stories from Radio Free Asia. Translator timimng out

http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/tintu...dies_in_VN_suspected_of_contracting_bird_flu/

Một người Nam H?n bị t?nh nghi nhiễm c?m gia cầm tại Việt Nam
2007.11.07
Một c?ng d?n Nam H?n chết v? t?nh nghi l? nhiễm vi r?t c?m gia cầm tại Việt Nam.
?ng Lu Chin-chu, 33 tuổi quốc tịch Nam H?n đ? chết ng?y h?m qua tại một bệnh viện tỉnh Cần Thơ với những triệu chứng l?m s?ng tương tự như nhiễm vi r?t c?m gia cầm H5N1.
Theo th?ng tin của b?o ch? th? th?n nh?n của ?ng Lu cho biết cha của ?ng n?y hiện đang sống tại Nam H?n cũng đang nhập viện với t?nh trạng tương tự.
?ng Lu c? vợ l? người Việt hiện đang sống tại Cần Thơ v? trong khi về thăm gia đ?nh th? ?ng nhập viện để điều trị. Chưa c? tin tức n?o x?c nhận ?ng Lu được x?t nghiệm c? H5N1 dương t?nh hay kh?ng.
T?nh h?nh c?m gia cầm đang c? cơ t?i ph?t tại Việt Nam sau một thời gian dịch bệnh n?y ngưng hoạt động. Ng?y h?m nay, theo nguồn tin của T?n Hoa X? cho biết Hoa Kỳ sẽ viện trợ cho Việt Nam 10 triệu 500 ng?n Mỹ kim để kiểm so?t dịch bệnh nguy hiểm n?y.
T?nh cho tới nay Hoa Kỳ đ? viện trợ 22 triệu Mỹ kim cho Việt Nam trong c?ng t?c ph?ng chống c?m gia cầm kể từ năm 2005.
Tiếng Việt

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Word searching in the Korean language.

조류독감(Avian influenza 또는 Bird flu)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Translation still down

http://www.nld.com.vn/tintuc/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/206894.asp

"Thợ săn" trong th?nh phố
07-11-2007 11:27:42 GMT +7

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?Thợ săn? Quang Tuyến n?i: ?Những c?ng tr?nh n?o nhắm ngo?i khả năng của m?nh th? ch?ng t?i kh?ng d?m nhận. C?n hầu hết c?ng tr?nh lớn đội đều l?m hợp đồng bảo h?nh cho kh?ch cả h?ng chục năm. C?c loại thuốc sử dụng phải được sự cho ph?p của c?c cơ quan chức năng v? đội ngũ chuy?n vi?n của đội kiểm tra trước?. Tuyến kể đội của anh mới từ chối một ?phi vụ? trị gi? 6.000 USD đang l?m dang dở để diệt mối cho căn nh? bốn tầng của một ?đại gia? ở quận T?n Ph?: ?đại gia? n?y y?u cầu đội phải khoan luồn v?o l?ng đất để l?m sụp m?ng căn nh? b?n cạnh chỉ v? gia đ?nh hai b?n kh?ng thuận thảo. Chỉ l? diệt con ruồi con muỗi nhưng ?thợ săn? vẫn c? những nguy?n tắc của m?nh.
Theo Vũ B?nh (Tuổi Trẻ)

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Word searching in the Korean language.

조류독감(Avian influenza 또는 Bird flu)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

Unfortunately, even though I suspect the infection originated in South Korea, I do not expect to hear anything from South Korea unless the son tests positive in Vietnam (I haven't seen any mention of this in the South Korean press).

There is news in the Vietnamese press, but the online translator appears to be down.

I think this is the best update (but may just be repreating the earlier story)

http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/tintu...dies_in_VN_suspected_of_contracting_bird_flu/

 

[tropical]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Unfortunately, even though I suspect the infection originated in South Korea, I do not expect to hear anything from South Korea unless the son tests positive in Vietnam (I haven't seen any mention of this in the South Korean press).

At this point, exists an international protocol which enable the release of information regards such an event not from the press but directly from the involved district health representative, or medical experts, to the WHO, or other countries health sector experts, or not?

If not, that means those info are classified national info?
(are we at the point of: "... epidemic level enaugh high to justify medical censuring?" question?)

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Unfortunately, even though I suspect the infection originated in South Korea, I do not expect to hear anything from South Korea unless the son tests positive in Vietnam (I haven't seen any mention of this in the South Korean press).

At this point, exists an international protocol which enable the release of information regards such an event not from the press but directly from the involved district health representative, or medical experts, to the WHO, or other countries health sector experts, or not?

If not, that means those info are classified national info?
(are we at the point of: "... epidemic level enaugh high to justify medical censuring?" question?)

There really are few benefits of testing, when only one person is involved. Most countries that report H5N1 in humans for the first time involve clusters. No testing means no report. That is why many index cases in clusters are not official cases (no sample is collected for testing). This is true for Cambodia, Indonesia, China. Initial negatives were also reported for Turkey, Iraq, and Azerbaijan.

South Korea has not reported H5N1 in humans, although they had a Qinghai outbreak last year at this time on MANY farms (follwed by infectios in Japan), and likely have H5N1 infections again this year.

 

[tropical]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Thank you Dr. Niman.

No testing means no report.
If moustly will not be done enaugh testing, or it will remain secret, and there are no means for WHO to get a report in time, than we have scarce probabilities to stop the pandemic at the begining.

... they had a Qinghai outbreak last year at this time on MANY farms (followed by infections in Japan), and likely have H5N1 infections again this year.
Than, probably this is not the begining, only a farm/food family cluster infection.

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (148): VIET NAM, SUSPECTED, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Wed 7 Nov 2007
Source: Thanh Nien News, Tuoi Tre newspaper report [edited]
<http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=33199>


A South Korean man died of pneumonia in Can Tho city Monday [5 Nov
2007], local doctors, who suspect he had contracted bird flu, said.

The man was taken to the city General Hospital at 3:00 am Monday [5
Nov 2007] with high fever and breathing problems. He died at 2:00 pm.

The doctors have sent his blood samples to Pasteur Institute in Ho
Chi Minh City to test for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, which
has caused 100 infections and 46 deaths in Viet Nam in the last few years.

The man's family said his father in Korea too was suffering from
pneumonia-like symptoms.

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[It is not clear from this report how long the Korean man had been in
Viet Nam, in order to get some idea if he, in fact, had avian
influenza and, if so, whether he was infected in Korea or in Viet
Nam. ProMED-mail requests information confirming (or not) avian
influenza virus infection in this case and indicating how long this
individual had been in Viet Nam.

A health map of Viet Nam can be accessed at
<http://healthmap.org/promed?v=14.9,108.5,5>. - Mod.TY]

[see also:
Avian influenza (166): Bangladesh, Pakistan, Viet Nam 20071103.3568
Avian influenza (165): Europe (FAO), Viet Nam 20071027.3491
Avian influenza, human (128): Viet Nam 20070906.2941
Avian influenza (145): Germany (Bavaria), Viet Nam 20070825.2794
Avian influenza (141): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070815.2673
Avian influenza (132): Viet Nam 20070720.2324
Avian influenza (130): Viet Nam, Czech Republic, EU, Bangladesh 20070713.2254
Avian influenza (129): Indonesia, Viet Nam, vaccination 20070713.2247
Avian influenza (126): Germany (Thuringia), Viet Nam 20070709.2185
Avian influenza (121): OIE, Viet Nam, vaccination 20070704.2129
Avian influenza (120): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070704.2119
Avian influenza (110): Viet Nam, vaccination, Czech Republic 20070712.2225
Avian influenza (97): Viet Nam, EU vaccine policy 20070608.1879]
...................................ty/mj/dk

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Now reports changing South Korea to Taiwan:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=33199

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left height=35>Taiwanese dies of suspected bird flu in southern Vietnam
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>A Taiwanese man died of pneumonia in Can Tho city Monday, local doctors, who suspect he had contracted bird flu, said.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>

The man was taken to the city General Hospital at 3:00 a.m. Monday with high fever and breathing problems. He died at 2:00PM.
The doctors have sent his blood samples to Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City to test for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, which has caused 100 infections and 46 deaths in Vietnam in the last few years.
The man?s family said his father in Taiwan too was suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms.
Source: Tuoi Tre​

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Today I removed a post made by Niman from this thread.

The publisher/author contacted me via email and requested the removal of that post.

As we comply with all requests to remove original pieces of work, as per U.S. copywrite laws, I did so.


S.

 

[HenryN]

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

Re: South Korean man dies in Vietnam, suspected of contracting bird flu

AVIAB INFLUENZA, HUMAN (151) - VIET NAM, SUSPECTED, CLARIFICATION
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Date: Fri 16 Nov 2007
From: Steve H.S. Kuo, M.D., Ph.D., Taiwan Centers for Disease Control [edited]
<ihrfocalpoint@cdc.gov.tw>


[ProMED-mail is indebted to Steve H.S. Kuo, M.D., Ph. D., Director,
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, for provision of this
clarification of the nationality and status of the suspected human
case of avian influenza in Viet Nam described in the ProMED-mail
posts:
Avian influenza, human (148): Viet Nam, susp. RFI 20071108.3625, and
Avian influenza, human (148): Viet Nam, susp., RFI, corr.,
20071110.3646 - Mod.CP]

This is a follow up to ProMed - Avian influenza, human (148): Viet
Nam, susp., RFI, corr.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------
The 32-year-old Taiwanese man, who died of suspected avian influenza
in Viet Nam on 5 Nov 2007, went to Viet Nam on 31 Oct 2007. According
to information received from the Ho Chi Min City Pasteur Institute,
the man was admitted to hospital on 2 Nov 2007, presenting with fever
of 38.5 degrees C [101.3 degrees F], cough, sore throat, and dyspnea.
Additional information from his wife indicated that he had abdominal
pain associated with severe uncontrollable watery diarrhea. The man
also had a history of chronic diarrhea and alcoholic hepatitis. No
additional information on the final diagnosis has been received.
However, avian influenza had been ruled out.

The father of the suspected case of avian influenza was admitted to
hospital in Taiwan on 6 Oct 2007. He was a 58-year-old man with long
history of smoking. In October, he was admitted because of increased
frequency of cough. Chest x-ray showed left upper lobe, posterior
segment consolidation that is suspicious of tuberculosis. After
treatment with antibiotics, the patient was discharged. He has been
well since discharge.

At this time, we do not believe that there is any epidemiological
association between the illnesses of the father and son.

--
Steve H.S. Kuo, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
<http://www.cdc.gov.tw/>

[ProMED-mail welcomes this clarification which clearly establishes
that the 32-year-old patient in Viet Nam originated from Taiwan (not
Korea) and furthermore confirms that he has been eliminated as a
suspected human case of H5N1 avian influenza. The father of the
suspected Vietnamese case is resident in Taiwan and has recovered
from an unrelated respiratory illness. There is considered to be no
epidemiological link between the illnesses of the father and the son.
Neither are now suspected human cases of avian influenza and no
potential clustering of cases has occurred. - Mod.CP]

[see also:
Avian influenza, human (148) : Viet Nam, susp., RFI, corr. 20071110.3646
Avian influenza, human (148): Viet Nam, susp. RFI 20071108.3625]
....................cp/ejp/lm

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