TURKEY - Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu

[Theresa42]

Hat-tip, ukmum!

Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu
Friday, March 30, 2007

ANKARA - Associated Press

Authorities in southeast Turkey on Thursday hospitalized five children who came in contact with dead chickens as a precaution against possible bird flu, the hospital said. The five, all suffering from flu-like symptoms, were from a village near the town of Karkamış, in southeastern Gaziantep province.

Cuma Yıldırım, deputy chief physician at Gaziantep hospital, said he was almost certain that the children were suffering from ordinary flu - and not bird flu - but said they were hospitalized as a precaution. Samples from the children and the chickens were sent to the capital, Ankara, for tests.

Turkey was hit hard by bird flu in January 2006, when 12 people were infected and four died of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain. This year, Turkey detected the H5N1 strain in fowl in four villages in the southeastern provinces of Batman and Diyarbakir and culled more than 3,500 fowl in affected areas.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=69497

Gaziantep province: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaziantep_Province

 

[Theresa42]

Re: TURKEY - Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu

Looks like ages 6 - 9 -- and 4 different surnames (2 share the same surname -- Atuşağı)...

Gaziantep'te kuş gribi ş?phesi
29 Mart 2007

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Soylu K?y??nde aniden rahatsızlanarak Karkamış?a g?t?r?len ve yaşları 6 ile 9 arasında değişen Vahit Aslan, Mehmet Atuşağı, H?seyin Yal?ın, Mustafa Yıldıran ve Edibe Atuşağı, Karkamış Sağlık Grup Başkanlığı doktorları tarafından kuş gribi ş?phesiyle Gaziantep ?ocuk Hastanesi?ne sevk edildi. ?ocuklar burada muayene edildikten sonra Gaziantep ?niversitesi Tıp Fak?ltesi?ne g?nderildi. 5 ?ocuk boşaltılan bir yoğun bakım odasında tedaviye alındı.

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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/6228582.asp?m=1&gid=112&srid=3437&oid=5

 

[zkurmus]

Re: TURKEY - Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu

All children tested negative, and were released on Saturday, April 1st.

Initial newstory was that not all of the the five children had come in contact with the two dead chickens, and none of them exhibited any BF symptoms, just regular flu symptoms, but a schoolteacher sent them home with specific instructions to see a doctor at the local Children's Clinic, who, upon learning that two of them had been in contact with the dead chickens, sent them to the Gaziantep University Hospital.

This is news of their release:
http://www.haberler.com/gaziantep-teki-kus-gribi-suphesi-negatif-cikti-haberi/

z.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21005

 

[Niko]

Re: TURKEY - Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu

Thanks for that bit of good news, zkurmus.

 

[Theresa42]

Re: TURKEY - Five children hospitalized for possible bird flu

Thanks, z!