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Via Treyfish at FluTrackers this morning, comes the following report out of Bac Kan Province in Vietnam of a 22 year-old man in critical condition with H5N1.
The ongoing thread for this story may be accessed here.
Four others from his village are apparently showing similar symptoms and are quarantined and receiving treatment, although test results have not been announced.
Updated : 6:52 PM, 04/05/2010
A bird flu case detected in Bac Kan province
The Director of the Bac Kan provincial Health Department, Nong Quoc Chi, confirmed an A/H5N1-infected case on April 5.
The patient, Trung Van Hoa, 22, from Na Tao hamlet, Nhu Co commune, Cho Moi district, is currently in critical condition. He is being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
The patient got sick on March 30 with symptoms of high fever and cough. He was admitted to Bac Kan provincial hospital, and then sent to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases on April 3 where he tested positive for the lethal strain of A/H5N1 virus.
At present, four other people in Nhu Co commune show similar symptoms of high fever and cough. They are under quarantine and being treated at Bac Kan provincial hospital.
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