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Indonesia: MOH Announces Bird Flu Fatality

 

 

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While we’ve been watching several Indonesian media stories on suspected bird flu cases over the past week (see BFIC: Two Indonesian Bird Flu Reports and Bird Flu: Confusing Reports Out Of Indonesia), none have (as yet) been confirmed by the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Depkes).

 

Today however, we did get an announcement from Depkes on a fatal H5N1 infection with an onset in late January in Karawang, West Java.  

 

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So far, this is the only confirmed Indonesian bird flu case for 2011.

 

A hat tip to both Ironorehopper and Alert, both of whom posted this notice on FluTrackers.

 

BIRD FLU CASE REPORT UNTIL FEBRUARY 2011

Until the end of February 2011 there is one additional positive cases of bird flu (H5N1), on behalf of M (26 years, P), a resident of Karawang regency in West Java.

 

Positively infected by H5N1 cases reported based on the results of the Central Laboratory for Biomedical Research and Pharmaceutical Research and Development Board on 11 February 2011.

 

Patients with onset of illness January 30, 2011 with symptoms of fever, cough, tightness, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. Patients treated January 30, 2011 to a private clinic Falkirk. Then on February 3, 2011 admitted to a private hospital in Karachi.

 

During the treatment at the hospital, the patient's condition worsened with severe pneumonia symptoms.  Bird Flu Reference in Bandung, West Java and died on February 8, 2011.

 

Risk factors before illness M buy chickens from the market Falkirk on 25 and February 27, 2011 and manage it for dikonsusmsi. In addition, M is also frequently visited his parents' house in Subang Regency, which is endemic bird flu in poultry.

Based on observations, not found cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) on all contacts with the case of both household contact, neighbors and medical personnel.

 

Tjandra Yoga Aditama as the focal point of IHR (International Health Regulation) has informed also about the case to the WHO.

 

 

It is not unusual for the Indonesian government to delay public confirmation of test results on suspected H5N1 cases for weeks, or sometimes even months.

 

The good news in this case is, that while the initial source of infection has not been positively nailed down, no H2H (Human-to-Human) transmission from contacts with this case has been detected.

 

As of the end of 2010, the Indonesian government had reported 171 H5N1 infections, with 141 fatalities.

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