WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

[eladdie]

Check out this powerpoint from WHO dated March 16, 2006.

page 21 implies that the turkey outbreak only had a 33% CFR

(and they are calling this Mild OMG!

and I do not understand their South Korea reference about Antibody presence 4/318 anyone else want to make a stab?

4 dead 318 recovered?

4 antibody postive out of 318 samples?

http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/94AB2531-8B49-430F-BF30-98DBAB80649A/0/Henk_hse_eng.pdf

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

From page 21 of above link

AI: High death rates & milder cases

Turkey: more milder & healthy cases; CFR 33%
South Korea: healthy cases H5N1 AB positive (4/318)


This is possible a reference to the cases south Korea had last year, but recently announced.
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1366

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

from the same documnent page 19

AI in human
􀂄 1997 Hong Kong: 18 human cases ? 6 deaths
􀂄 2003 Hong Kong: 2 cases and 1 death with travel from Fujian
􀂄 Since December 2003, human cases identified in countries:
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Turkey and Iraq
􀂄 Since Dec 2003: 177 cases; 98 deaths 􀃆 case fatality rate: 55%

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

Page 20 of same document

Global animal outbreaks
􀂉 How is H5N1 spread?
? Migratory birds - asymptomatic?
? Movement and trade of birds and poultry products within country
and international (England, Kuwait, Nigeria?)
? Role of asymptomatic healthy animal carriers: ducks (well
known), chickens (?) and vaccinated animals
? Environmental contamination, virus presence in manure,
feathers, etc.
􀂉 More evidence needed!
􀂉 China: 15 human cases none of them forewarned by poultry
outbreak
􀃆 animal surveillance systems to be strengthened

 

[eladdie]

Re: WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

thanks for the thread link.

So reading between the lines and ignoring what they said...

either 318 folks got sick during the cull and 4 showed antibodies

or their were 318 cullers and they tested them all, 4 of whom had antibodies.

or 318 cullers, 4 got sick, and they showed antibodies.

Of course, this being S Korea, did they live? or die?

We probably won't know.

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: WHO says that South Korea has had mild H5N1 in humans?

eladdie, they are survived