# 4754
My thanks to Crof at Crofsblog for picking up this item overnight translated and posted by Ida at the Bird Flu Information Corner (BFIC).
This report comes on the heels of a confirmation a week ago (see Forgotten, But Not Gone ) of a teenage girl who died from the H5N1 virus last month.
Reports out of Indonesia have declined in the past couple of years - in part - because Indonesia decided to stop talking about their bird flu problems in 2008 (see Indonesia To Stop Announcing Bird Flu Deaths).
In recent months we’ve seen some small signs of more openness.
Today’s report is of suspected H5N1 fatality. Based, apparently on a clinical diagnosis and not laboratory testing. There are, however, a number of other infectious diseases that can mimic the signs and symptoms of bird flu.
We’ll have to await lab results to know for sure.
This from BFIC.
Pontianak, West Kalimantan ::: A girl possibly dies of bird flu
Posted by Ida on July 26, 2010
Pontianak – A 5-year-old girl from Toho, Kabupaten Pontianak, died after being treated for few hours in Soedarso regional hospital, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The girl is suspected of having bird flu H5N1 infection.
Wingky’s mother, Ratna, said her daughter died on Saturday evening (24/7) in Soedarso hospital. Wingky had been having high fever for a week before and then admitted to a public health center in Toho. Because illness continued, Wingky was then transferred to Rubini regional hospital in Mempawah, Kabupaten Pontianak. Later the hospital referred the girl to Santo Antonius hospital in Pontianak.
“After a day treated in Santo Antonius hospital, my daughter was then referred to Soedarso hospital and isolated as bird flu suspect patient,” Ratna added.
Ratna mentioned her daughter showed symptoms such as fever, coughing, breathing difficulty, and sore throat. Soedarso hospital had collected patient’s blood sample to be tested for H5N1.
Within last two months, six children have been treated as bird flu suspect patient in Soedarso hospital. All of them were tested negative.
It is unclear whether Wingky had any contact with birds, because the family doesn’t rear any birds. However, patient’s parents said many chicken deaths were found in their neighborhood.
BFIC is a joint effort between Kobe University in Japan and the Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Additionally, bgw in MT – one of the hard-working newshounds at the Flu Wiki – has several other translated articles from the Borneo Tribune and ANTARA on this story in their Indonesia thread.
The above article notes that several children recently suspected of having H5N1 in this province tested negative (see Follow Up On Kalimantan Province Report) for the virus.
Several of them did, however, test positive for H1N1.
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