An Indonesian teenager has been brought forward as a
case of simultaneous infection with seasonal and avian
strains of influenza. In a paper presented at the
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases,
Vivi Setiawaty of Indonesia's Center for Biomedical
and Pharmaceutical Research and Development
described the case of a 16-year-old girl who was tested
for flu in Jakarta in April 2007. "This is the first case-report of
a human with both influenza A/H5N1 and H3N2 co-infection," the paper states.
"Such infections are of great concern due to the possibility
of genetic reassortment leading to the emergence of a
H5N1 strain that is more easily transmitted human to human,
and emphasizes the importance of advanced laboratory-based
surveillance in geographic regions where both human and
avian influenza viruses are co-circulating." Please follow
this link for the complete CIDRAP article: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza
/avianflu/news/mar1708coinfect.html
WHO update - July 25
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a 25-year-old female from Damietta Governorate. Her infection has been confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the WHO H5 Reference Laboratory, US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_07_25/en/index.html
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 28-year-old female from Tabanan District, in Bali Province developed symptoms on 14 August, was hospitalized on 18 August and died in hospital on 21 August. The case was a poultry trader. The case investigation found that she collected poultry from villages where outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry had occurred and were later confirmed by rapid testing.
Of the 105 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 84 have been fatal.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_08_23/en/index.html
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