Thursday, July 5, 2012

Indonesia: 8 year old dies of #bird flu #H5N1 #avian influenza

July 5, 2012

JAKARTA - AFP: Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2PL) Ministry of Health to ensure the death of the girl residents Khanewal district, West Java, KK (8) is due to bird flu (H5N1). Director General Tjandra Yoga Aditama P2PL in Jakarta, Thursday ( 5/7), said the new cases of H5N1 have been confirmed by the Center for Basic Biomedical and Health Technology, Balitbangkes, Ministry of Health.

In chronological order, describing the case of KK Tjandra since June 18, 2012 from a fever. Then, on June 19 KK went on holiday to Singapore and the next day seeing the doctor and was diagnosed with strep throat. On June 24, KK returned to Jakarta in unsanitary conditions, so on June 25 went to Hospital B in Khanewal district with heat complaints over one week, vomiting, cough, no appetite. Of the RS, KK diagnosed febrile and impairment of consciousness and the images thorax there Duplex bronchopneumonia . On June 26 households forcibly asks to go home from the hospital, then went to the hospital's in West Jakarta. But the situation got worse, so ventilator and intointensive care unit (ICU). Two days later, on June 28, families are referred to the RSP with the diagnosis of suspected bird flu, and on June 29 the results of the sample by the Research and Development (BTDK) Positive H5N1. "Worse case condition and eventually died on July 3, 2012 at 22:45 pm," said Tjandra. local health office and home epidemiological investigation of cases, the environment, markets and hospitals where the case was referred to hospital were treated before referral FB (RSP) . "It was found possible risk factors is due to contact with poultry on June 12, is concerned to go to market with his father and brother, bought 5 chickens alive and voted to cut the chicken in poultry slaughterhouses. KK also hold the chicken is cut, "said Tjandra. In that incident, the cumulative number of bird flu in Indonesia since 2005 until today is 190 cases with 158 deaths. (Ant/OL-16)

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