THAILAND - 08/16+

[Theresa42]

42 (new?) patients under obs in Thailand - waiting for 178 test results / Wild birds dead in Phichit - people warned not to drink from or let children play in natural water sources / BF suspect from Ubon Ratchathani tests pos for H1 / samples from 2 pos patients that died to be sent to WHO lab in Australia & the CDC in the U.S. / 66M bf suspect did not test pos for any flu, but they don't know what he has...

Machine-translated from Thai:

Find bird forest die place Phichit forbid play water near
โดย ผู้จัดการรายวัน 15 สิงหาคม 2549 22:43 น.

Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) find bird forest die place Phichit warn people settlements near water reveal if there is poultry arrive fly play or there is poultry die because not known cause avoid down play water and forbid drink water from water source aforementioned because did not pass boiling be cooked because could there is spread of virus test bird receive.

[Name] deputy MOPH disclose that from report watch/guard carefully bird flu in person of office epidemiology MOPH since time 06.00 o'clock of date 14 August to time 06.00 o'clock date 15 August there is patients in scope watch/guard carefully bird flu total 42 cases from 10 provinces to Sukhothai 13 cases, Nakhon Sawan 7 cases, Phitsanulok 4 cases, Kamphaeng Phet 2 cases, Uthai Thani, Phichit province each 6 cases, Chai Nat, Lamphun, Phayao and Uttaradit province each 1 case because there is patients to stay amongst investigation disease and wait for result test confirm by laboratory amount 178 cases also not find flu pass again.

However at present there is report that there is bird forest die at around water source natural as place province Phichit therefore ask inhabitants place settlement at BaRiWen riverside Beung Klong that there is forest and poultry arrive fly play or there is poultry die because not known home that there is children cause specially be careful [?] forbid drink water from water source aforementioned because cannot pass boiling cooked and avoid down play water in BaRiWen aforementioned because bird or poultry might excrete feces waste there is outbreak of virus in aforementioned.

[Name] director-general Dept. of Medical Science MOPH disclose that yesterday this (15 August) receive report there is patient watch/guard carefully test bird flu place province Ubon Ratchathani 1 case is male age about 20 year there is history contact chicken now stay be treated place hospital send test virus to center science medical Ubon Ratchathani go 2 times find that there is virus dim but time after send virus come test analyze find that is influenza (H1) only.

Phichit send virus patient test bird flu that lose life already 2 cases is place province Phichit and province Uthai Thani that patients place province Phichit culture increase and then portion place province Uthai Thani also culture not depend on in order that because will send virus WHO must take sample culture therefore send expect culture increase and then will send room [?] of WHO place Australia and US CDC United States inside 1-2 weeks this.

[Name] mention in case there is report result test virus persons suspected sick is bird flu which be treated hospital separate reduce in male 66 years because result test confirm did not infected with H5N1 and did not infected with influenza but not able to say that infected with something that usual and there is virus and bacteria various that at the time enter body already happen symptoms resemble with is influenza and lung inflame in test persons suspected cases this principle is test in order that say/tell can first before blame that virus bird flu or not which all right test and find that not is joint will check that is disease something that must have culture use when again much day more will know result that is disease something which procedure this doctor will observe watch symptoms of patients if not have any violence(?) also clearly patient that is influenza normal but cannot/did not happen from virus [?] main but happen from virus or bacteria body another.

Field Mr. Pinit in charge minister MOPH say that at present by MOPH energy manage in matter preparedness of collect samples virus bird flu is search for method how in collect be perfect most because collect samples is important if collect bad test search for virus also there is problem cause treatment there is problem also however if we do method perfect result also there is quality treatment also in good time waste also will be smaller in order that method that must adjust flexible prevent in 3 areas is history contact chickens, symptoms and result [?] skill mix also.

http://www.manager.co.th/Daily/View...000104163&Keyword=%e4%a2%e9%cb%c7%d1%b4%b9%a1

 

[Theresa42]

2 bf patients do not test pos for H5N1 / 66F tests pos for H1 / 24M illness uknown

2 bf patients do not test pos for H5N1 / 66F tests pos for H1 / 24M illness uknown

Machine-translated from Thai:

Result test lately patients suspected 2 cases not infected with H5N1
โดย ผู้จัดการออนไลน์ 15 สิงหาคม 2549 15:54 น.

Mr. Pinit in charge minister MOPH say that patients in scope watch/guard carefully bird flu female age 66 years result test is negative not find virus bird flu but is influenza type H1 as for male age 24 years did not is influenza but there is symptoms fever depart virus type another which must culture in order that will know result that is virus disease what in order that receive report against conference cabinet that until today Thailand find patients bird flu confirm in year 2549 (2006) only 2 cases is patients place province Phichit and Uthai Thani.

http://www.manager.co.th/Home/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000103968&Keyword=%e4%a2%e9%cb%c7%d1%b4%b9%a1

 

[Theresa42]

Dead sparrows & pigeons in Lampang province did not test pos for bf

Dead sparrows & pigeons in Lampang province did not test pos for bf

Machine-translated from Thai:

Livestock Lampang confirm birds that die widely around fields did not infected with bird flu
โดย ผู้จัดการออนไลน์ 15 สิงหาคม 2549 10:36 น.

Mr. [name] livestock province Lampang reveal case network watch/guard carefully bird flu inform that find sparrows and birds pigeon die because not known cause in much area of province Lampang especially BaRiWen place there is farm grow rice that from test prove [?] birds that die amount 20 bodies result appear come out that is negative people therefore not should be alarmed because show that also not find virus bird flu in area of province as for cause that birds these die happen from eat chemical fertilizer [?] grass that there is [?] from medicine kill grass be left over to be at because in this period intermittently that farmer use chemical fertilizer in order that rush growth of rice sprouts rice include use medicine kill grass in order that eradicate weeds for birds pigeon that settle stay [?] pigeon city center and around Dton Maai Yai [royal tree] in area city municipal Lampang that authority livestock go out catch at random test birds pigeon that [?] aforementioned every week which result tests come out is negative or not find virus bird flu also.

http://www.manager.co.th/Home/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000103739&Keyword=%e4%a2%e9%cb%c7%d1%b4%b9%a1

 

[Theresa42]

BF suspect from Nongbua Lamphu reportedly died from bacterial pneumonia, not bf

BF suspect from Nongbua Lamphu reportedly died from bacterial pneumonia, not bf

Machine-translated from Thai:

Nong Bua Jaeng explain rumor find patient infected with bird flu die
โดย ผู้จัดการออนไลน์ 16 สิงหาคม 2549 11:20 น.

Nongbua Lamphu - Governor [name] explain rumor bird flu outbreak after find patient die suspected is bird flu but [?] sum up pneumonia die blame section chief government service contract rush urgent holiday/leave be difficult.

Place meeting room Pra Wor - Pra Dtaa city hall Mr. [name] provincial governor Nongbua Lamphu is president in explanation in case that Mr. [name] age 60 years habitation Kohk Muang Choom district Noh Na Sang province Nongbua Lamphu lose life which suspected is bird flu because explanation this time invite persons that concerned is doctor public health province livestock province district and sheriff join explain to media.

Doctor [name] doctor public health province Nongbua Lamphu say that Mr. Bpra Teuang Kam [?] chicken domestic amount 30 bodies ducks [?] 4 bodies which Mr. Bpra Teuang only there is symptoms resemble bird flu enter accept treatment place hospital Noh Na Sang when date 25 July 2549 then deliver come accept treatment also hospital Nongbua Lamphu and lose life down on date 10 August 2549 from disease ache [Bpuat Buam] inflame from pathogen bacteria not bird flu.

In part of livestock province after know information there is patient in the first time all right go out survey until find that animals all not have any symptoms therefore collect samples verify and spray medicine 3 times.

However from case aforementioned provincial governor say blame section chief government service even though communicate in period holiday/leave normally and holiday/leave compensate that not can contract definitely cause when want to know information what that there is because rush urgent often contract cannot/did not which will bring lesson this time seminar teach/train rules work model integration together new again.

http://www.manager.co.th/Local/View...000104295&Keyword=%e4%a2%e9%cb%c7%d1%b4%b9%a1

Nongbua Lamphu province:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nongbua_Lamphu_Province

 

[Corn]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

In the above posted article....

So the cause of death was listed as bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection which often results from H5N1?

So they are listing the case as pneumonia death that was initally suspected as a BF infection. if I read the translation properly?

Thailand is doing a great job with survailance. They are on the look out which accounts for the dramatic upswing in suspected cases in the past few weeks.

Tourist season begins in about 7 weeks and they said they would stamp out BF before the season starts to keep the economic loss at a minimum. Looks like they will reach their goal.

 

[Siamese]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Discovery of new strain of H5N1 prompts rethink of fowl controls
PIYAPORN WONGRUANG

The discovery of a new type of bird flu virus in Thailand has prompted officials to ponder prevention and control measures to prevent further spread of the disease.

A new type of the H5N1 strain has been confirmed in Nakhon Phanom, where over 300,000 chickens have died or been culled as a result of widespread infections, according to Yong Poovorawan, team leader of virologists monitoring changes in the virus since 2004.

The strain has a genetic character close to that of the virus in southern China, he said, adding that virologists were still unsure how it crossed the border from there into Thailand.

There are four types of the H5N1 virus in the region _ the so-called Thai-Vietnamese type, the Indonesian type, and another two types occurring in China. The Thai-Vietnamese type has plagued Thailand since official confirmation of the first outbreak in early 2004.

The virologist said the impact of the new strain on human health was so far no different from that of the Thai-Vietnamese type. But he warned officials to pay attention if they wanted to develop human vaccines which can tackle both types of the virus strain.

''We now have two types of bird flu strain in the country. The new one may not yet have any significance in terms of its health impact but it certainly has significance for our control measures, which might have to improve to cope with its emergence,'' he said.

Livestock Development Department chief Yukol Limlamthong said the agency would beef up controls on fowl movements between area zones, and he called on poultry raisers to tighten their bio-security measures.

Director of the Epidemiology Bureau Kumnuan Ungchusak said scientists needed to be aware of every bird flu type emerging here, so human vaccines could be developed.

But health officials would not strengthen bird flu control measures among humans as the present regime was already intensive, Dr Kumnuan said. Sick people found to be in close contact with ailing fowls would be listed as suspect cases, he said.

Meanwhile, the National Institute of Animal Health has confirmed the success of a vaccine prototype for fowls. Director Pornchai Chamnanpood said complete vaccine production which could pave the way for commercial use would be accomplished by February next year.

Thailand is now in the fourth outbreak round, which has killed two people, one each in Phichit and Uthai Thani. Since the first round, more than 60 million fowls have been culled and 16 people have died.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/17Aug2006_news02.php

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

In the above posted article....

So the cause of death was listed as bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection which often results from H5N1?

So they are listing the case as pneumonia death that was initally suspected as a BF infection. if I read the translation properly?

That's my reading of that machine-translation, too.

 

[Theresa42]

BF outbreak in poultry reported in Yala province [border w/Malaysia]

BF outbreak in poultry reported in Yala province [border w/Malaysia]

Machine-translated from Thai:

[?] province Yala send authority first [?] area protect bird flu outbreak
โดย ผู้จัดการออนไลน์ 17 สิงหาคม 2549 11:29 น.

Yala - Livestock Yala arrange authority down area watch/guard carefully area as before there is outbreak of bird flu while work proceed like slowly because there is problem about information not be safe in existence of authority.

Chief veterinarian [name] livestock province Yala disclose that after occur epidemic bird flu increase in area all since month July last by office all right send authority down area main [?] area at the same time join with volunteer public health origin that there is to be in area all enter look after is case household that in case of find that points which there is lose life of poultry unusual [?] also will enter destroy immediately.

Moreover also there is watch/guard carefully follow movement poultry among province closely which preceding when year 2547 (2004) once happen outbreak of bird flu in province Yala 5 points together with in area district Meuang and district Bay Dtong which both 2 of all right reiterate authority look after closely.

Livestock province Yala say because must accept that event information not [?] that occur in province border the south that impact against duty of authority very much which in work that authority must travel down area if not can travel enter in area can also will affect evidence work occur lateness.

However anyway there is way in solve aforementioned also provide volunteer that is insider/member area watch/guard carefully happen if find that there is abnormality happen also request quickly inform authority known immediately.

As for in are district Bay Dtong at present send authority go out random check bird [?] there is at in area as before there is outbreak of bird flu however at present also not have report lose life of bird [?] and poultry unusual anyhow as for field measure control introduce of poultry of country Malaysia at present not allow there is import because absolutely.

http://www.manager.co.th/Local/View...000104808&Keyword=%e4%a2%e9%cb%c7%d1%b4%b9%a1

Yala province:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yala_Province

 

[Sharpe]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Map attached.

 

[Corn]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

According to the map Malaysia is BF free.

 

[Lyro]

Thailand - 08/16+

Thailand - 08/16+

SNEEZE AT THIS AT YOUR OWN PERIL
By Saritdet Marukatat, Deputy News Editor (Bangkok Post)
August 23, 2006

Don't let the discovery of a new strain of bird flu virus be another easily forgotten topic. The findings last week that the outbreak in Nakhon Phanom was caused by the H5N1 strain with genetic characteristics similar to the one affecting southern China, should be a wake-up call for livestock and public heath officials. Never before has the country seen another type of the virus since Thailand was struck by bird flu for the first time in late 2003. Before the Nakhon Phanom case, the virus found here was the same as that found in other provinces. The discovery should remind officials and politicians of the complications in the avian flu story. Effective measures deployed by the government must give the public confidence that they can cope with all types of bird flu, regardless of their origin.

The most important message from what's happened in the northeastern province and in Vientiane, the capital of neighbouring Laos, which has found the same type of virus, is that strains of bird flu virus have no respect for borders. But one thing is for sure: the virus couldn't have come to the two countries by itself. It can't walk, take a bus, book a flight or hitch-hike all the way from southern China. Chickens could be a carrier. But it's most unlikely that they flew several hundred kilometres. Blaming it on migratory birds does not make sense as this is not their time of travel. So suspicions for bringing in the new type of virus must fall on humans. Somebody must have brought those fowl from southern China, slipping through checkpoints to Laos and into northeastern Thailand, for trade or whatever reasons.

Thai officials know too well that it is impossible for the new strain to be seen in Nakhon Phanom without valid cause. After their findings, they didn't say it came from China; they simply said publicly that it is the same strain as that found in the southern part of China. Their caution comes from fears that pinpointing a country by name could make that country upset. Thailand has learned that lesson before, when finger-pointing Laos as a possible country causing bird flu in the Thai province bordering that landlocked country. What they received was an angry repudiation from Vientiane.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation has also learned the same lesson. When it said simply that the virus originated in China, the UN agency was bombarded with criticism from the Chinese Agriculture Ministry, which slammed it for making the statement without evidence to back it up. ''Nakhon Phanom in Thailand and the Lao capital of Vientiane, where the virus strain was detected, are both very far from the Chinese border,'' an official was quoted in China Daily.

But China's rejection should not hamper much needed future efforts among the three countries, as well as the UN agency, to find better measures to end the spread of any new strain in the region, when their officials come to meet next time.

The Nakhon Phanom discovery also gives us another important lesson. It shows what can happen after countries in the region open their borders wider to improve transport links. Better road links promoted by regional governments can bring not only trade, but also diseases. Once people are able to move from one country to another easily, they can carry diseases or travel with animals which are disease carriers.

And now Asian countries have an agreement, which came into force last July, to realise an ambitious scheme of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, to see a 141,000km-long highway network linking 32 countries in Asia. That includes several road development projects linking Thailand with Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China. Better road connections will bolster tourism and commerce. Yet the trans-national highway network can move diseases around quickly, too. In addition to streamlined regulations to facilitate trade, investment and tourism which several countries are working on, strict measures on health-related issues affecting animals and humans should not be forgotten.

Perhaps we should thank the new bird flu virus found in Nakhon Phanom. It reminds governments in this region of the many things they need to do.

Source: www.bangkokpost.com/News/23Aug2006_news23.php

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Dog contracts bird flu: doctor
August 30, 2006

A dog in Suphan Buri has been found contracting the bird flu after eating infected ducks, a doctor said Wedneday.

Professor Dr Yong Pooworawan, a lecturer at the Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, disclosed the findings at a seminar yesterday.

According to him, a researcher at the Kasetsart University's Kamphaengsaen Campus found the bird-flu infection in a dog and the findings will be published in a foreign journal - Emerging of Infectious Diseases - soon.

Yong refused to elaborate further on the findings.

http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30012376

 

[HenryN]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Dog contracts bird flu: doctor
August 30, 2006

A dog in Suphan Buri has been found contracting the bird flu after eating infected ducks, a doctor said Wedneday.

Professor Dr Yong Pooworawan, a lecturer at the Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, disclosed the findings at a seminar yesterday.

According to him, a researcher at the Kasetsart University's Kamphaengsaen Campus found the bird-flu infection in a dog and the findings will be published in a foreign journal - Emerging of Infectious Diseases - soon.

Yong refused to elaborate further on the findings.

http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30012376

I suspect this is old news

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05230602/H5N1_Canine.html

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

I suspect this is old news

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05230602/H5N1_Canine.html

Prolly right. It'll be interesting to see what's published, though. Woof!

 

[HenryN]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Prolly right. It'll be interesting to see what's published, though. Woof!

There is already a story on what wasn't published

http://www.recombinomics.com/news/10040401/canine_deaths.html

 

[Mellie]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

H5N1 Canine Deaths in Thailand

Recombinomics Commentary
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>>The health ministry said earlier today blood tests on dogs found dead in Prachin Buri province showed them to have been infected with H5N1. <<

The above seems to be a step beyond earlier reports, which indicated that one dog was positive for H5N1 (as confirmed by two labs in Thailand) and was still alive. Now the infection appears to be fatal and involve additional dogs.

The results however are not surprising. Earlier this year, there was an outbreak of avian flu in dogs in Florida.

It was initially thought to be kennel cough and was apparently being passed from one dog to another. Subsequently, H3N8 was isolated. H3N8 is typically detected in horses and this was the first example of H3N8 in dogs. However, some of the H5N1 isolates in Thailand contain polymorphisms found in H3N8, so infectious H5N1 in dogs in Thailand would not be a surprise. However, if it is passed from dog to dog, it is another cause for concern because the H5N1 circulating in Thailand generates a very high case fatality rate in humans and there is little difference between H5N1 isolated from birds and cats and H5N1 isolated from fatal human cases.

Moreover, the Thai isolates have picked of polymorphisms usually found in mammalian isolates.

Recent media reports suggest that samples may have been mislabeled and the caninie result reported above my actually be the result from a fatal chicken infection..

 

[Mellie]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Henry, could you please make this more clear? I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you mean and what the implications are when you jump back and forth between Thailand and Florida.

You said,

Recent media reports suggest that samples may have been mislabeled and the caninie result reported above my actually be the result from a fatal chicken infection..

​

Which samples may have been mislabeled? The Thai or the American?

Mellie

​

 

[HenryN]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Henry, could you please make this more clear? I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you mean and what the implications are when you jump back and forth between Thailand and Florida.


You said,

Recent media reports suggest that samples may have been mislabeled and the caninie result reported above my actually be the result from a fatal chicken infection..


​

Which samples may have been mislabeled? The Thai or the American?

Mellie

The commentary was from 2004. Back then there was no confirmed flu in dogs, but there were stories of H3N8 in racing dogs in Florida as well as H5N1 in dogs in Thailand.

Since 2004, H3N8 sequences have been published and H3N8 is widespread in dogs (and horses) the US.

Recently, the H5N1 from the dog in Thailand in 2004 was also published. Back in 2004, when the H5N1 story first broke, Thailand said that the positive data was on a mislabled samples.


The recent published sequence shows that it was not mislabled, and the H5N1 was from a dog. That data is now being published and is back in the news, but the dog was infected in 2004 and the Thai dog sample was not mislabeled,

 

[Snowy Owl]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

DEADLY VIRUS
Dog contracts avian flu
http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/31/national/national_30012411.php

<!---- Photo ----><!---- Photo ----> Hospital vet calls on public not to panic or abandon pets after Suphan Buri case

A dog in Suphan Buri contracted bird flu after eating infected ducks, new findings show.

Prof Dr Yong Pooworawan, a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, released the findings at a seminar at the university yesterday.

According to Yong, a researcher at Kasetsart University's Kamp-haengsaen campus found that a dog had contracted bird flu.

The findings will be published in a foreign journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, soon, Yong said. He declined to elaborate on the findings.

Since 2004, Thai researchers have studied the genetic codes of nearly 200 bird-flu strains and have finally been able to identify the cause of resistance to Tamiflu, a medicine used to treat avian influenza in humans, Yong said.

Following yesterday's seminar, Rattathan Pattanarangsan, a veterinarian from Mahidol University, called on people not to panic over the emergence of bird flu in dogs.

"Please do not abandon your dogs in public places. You can prevent them from getting bird flu.

"Make sure you bury dead or ill chickens deep in the ground," he said.

Rattathan said it would be very difficult for infected dogs to pass on the bird-flu virus to humans.

Earlier, news reports that cats had contracted bird flu led panicking pet owners to abandon their cats.

Meanwhile, Medical Sciences Department director-general Paijit Warachit yesterday said the Public Health Ministry would link up with Chinese health officials to develop a vaccine against human influenza.

He said China was ready to pass on its know-how to Thailand.

"We hope to establish a vaccine factory within the next three to five years.
Our factory will have capacity to produce two million vaccine doses a year," he said.

Paijit said the Public Health Ministry would next week convene a meeting on the issue with the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation and the Thai Red Cross Society.

He said there had been no reports of human-to-human transmission of bird flu to date.

However, were such human-to-human transmission to take place, the country would have a supply of up to 10 million doses of the vaccine against human influenza.

 

[HenryN]

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

Re: Thailand - 08/16+

DEADLY VIRUS
Dog contracts avian flu
http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/31/national/national_30012411.php

<!---- Photo ----><!---- Photo ---->Hospital vet calls on public not to panic or abandon pets after Suphan Buri case

A dog in Suphan Buri contracted bird flu after eating infected ducks, new findings show.

.

From

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05230602/H5N1_Canine.html

The sequence of canine H5N1, A/dog/Thailand/Suphanburi/KU-08/04(H5N1). has been released at GenBank. The 2004 isolate is from Thailand and was initially reported in 2004.