Cambodia latest bird flu outbreak is a serious problem

Cambodia latest bird flu outbreak is a serious problem - 26 march 2006 - 15:58

Bird flu Cambodia - The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed “great concern”over Cambodia latest bird flu outbreak after three more suspected cases were hospitalised following last week's death of a child from H5N1. Three people, one adult and two children, are being treated for fever and respiratory problems at a hospital in the capital Phnom Penh.“It's a great concern, it's a serious problem ... we have to take this as seriously as possible,” WHO representative Michael O'Leary told Agence France-Presse.

The Ministry of health in Cambodia has confirmed the country's fifth case of human infection with the H5N1 bird flu virus. The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 3-year-old girl from Kampong Speu Province, west of Phnom Penh in the southern part of the country.

Cambodia latest bird flu outbreak is a serious problem

The child developed fever on 14 March. Her condition deteriorated rapidly and she was hospitalized in Phnom Penh on 20 March. She died on 21 March. Samples from the girl tested positive for H5N1 infection at the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia.

A team of officials from the Ministry of Health and WHO have investigated the situation in the remote village where the child lived. Backyard poultry began dying in the village in February, and chicken deaths have continued. The child is known to have played with chickens, including some showing signs of illness. Five other people who had contact with the suspected cases are also being tested, said Ly Sovann, head of the health ministry's department of infectious diseases.

The investigation found seven residents with fever but no respiratory symptoms. All had a history of recent contact with diseased birds or had been involved in caring for the child. Although none of these people presently shows symptoms compatible with H5N1 bird flu virus infection, all have been placed under medical observation as a precaution. Samples have been taken from these people and other close contacts of the child. Test results are expected next week.

The Ministry of Agriculture has taken samples from chickens in the area. Testing is under way. This is the fifth confirmed case in Cambodia and the first in almost a year for the pathogenic H5N1bird flu virus. The four previous cases, all from the adjacent Kampot Province which borders Viet Nam, and all fatal, occurred from end-January 2005 through mid-April 2005.

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