8 hospitalized in Indonesia for suspected bird flu

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 8 hospitalized in Indonesia for suspected bird flu
 2008-03-13 16:49:18         Print

    JAKARTA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Eight people from the same village in Indonesia's Lampung province were admitted to hospital allegedly for developing bird flu symptoms, local press said Thursday.

    The patients, including two babies and two teenagers, all come from Way Laga village where dozens of chickens have died of the avian influenza.

    They were sent to the state-run Abdul Moeloek Hospital in provincial capital Bandarlampung with high fever and respiratory problems after eating the infected chickens, reported the national Antara news agency.

    Lampung is located in the southern tip of Sumatra island.

    "The patients are placed in the isolated rooms and have undergone laboratory tests. But it takes several days before we get the results," the hospital's director Dr Wirman was quoted as saying.

    At least 102 people have died from bird flu out of some 125 reported cases in Indonesia since the outbreak was confirmed in 2003.

    Jakarta has been the hardest hit city in the country, with 25 deaths resulting from the 29 cases reported.


Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/13/content_7782760.htm

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Large Suspect H5N1 Cluster in Lampung Indonesia

Recombinomics Commentary 12:22
March 13, 2008

The ten patients were treated on the Long community health centre recommendation.

The existence of the assumption of bird flu, because apart from the sign that was suffered by the patient resembled AI, also the existence of the story of the death of the positive poultry was contracted by AI in their village.

From the patient suspek AI this, five including being children.

They were Sanpidi (43) and  his child of Imas (10),  the older brother was siblings Adi Sutihat (8) and Dani (8 months), Nurdin (52) and his child of Hariyanto (11),  Aminah (20), Fedi (2), Aniti (42),  Lala (20).

However, from ten patients suspek bird flu, two among them Aniti and Lala refused to be treated in the hospital.

Now two other, Sanpidi and Imas on Wednesday night bolted from the hospital, around struck 21,30 WIB.

According to the official RSU Abdul Muluk, on Thursday (13/2/2008), overnight already did not find the father and this child in isolation space for the sufferers or suspek bird flu.

The above translation describes a ten person cluster in Lampung, Indonesia.  Two of the family members have more severe bird flu symptoms, including high fever, and their poultry has tested positive for H5N1.  However, as noted above, some family members have refused hospitalization, while others have left the hospital.  Family members have been given Tamiflu.

Clusters have been reported in Lampung previously, but the only confirmed cluster was in late 2005, and the cluster had mild H5N1 (all three survived and two of the three were confirmed by antibody levels).

Larger suspect clusters have been reported, and large numbers have been placed on Tamiflu, which may have limited detection of H5N1.

The use of Tamiflu in the current cluster may also limit confirmation. 
Source: http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03130801/H5N1_Lampung_Large.html

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H5N1 Cluster in Lampung Indonesia Confirmed

Recombinomics Commentary 12:18
March 14, 2008

2 including being stated positive was expected avian influenza (AI) and got the intensive maintenance.

Both of them respectively Lola (20) and Karniti (42). Both of them the resident Way Laga.

The above comments describe two patients in Lampung who were PCR positive for H5N1.  Although local media reports differ on the identity and status of the two positives, multiple reports agree that two have tested positive and they are from the larger cluster of 10 who were hospitalized.

The two positives may be parent and sibling (based on another report), or could be two who bolted from the hospital (and presumably readmitted since other reports indicate the two positives have symptoms and are in isolation).

More information is required to conclusively identify the two positives, but there is clearly a confirmed cluster in Lampung that may grow larger.

More information on the identity and disease onset dates would be useful.


Source: http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03140801/H5N1_Lampung_Large_Confirmed.html