Thursday, January 28, 2010

Karanganyar, Central Java: Officials collect bird samples from deceased bird flu suspect’s neighborhood

Previously reported here:
http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/karanganyar-central-java-patient.html
January 28, 2010

Karanganyar – Livestock and Fishery Service of Kabupaten Karanganyar conducted investigation to chicken samples such as cloacal and throat swab of birds in Desa Wonorejo, Jatiyoso, regarding to the death of bird flu suspect patient named WD, 22 years old.

Head of Animal Health Division, Saptawan Hadiputra mentioned officials had collected about 25 chicken samples to be subjected for laboratory test, since they did not find any bird flu evidence by field investigation.

Victim is a meatball seller (meatball is bakso in Bahasa Indonesia. Typically, sellers are circulating with their cart to get costumers. -adm-), and suggested to have caught infection around his place in Cirebon. For this evidence, Livestock and Fishery Service of Kabupaten Karanganyar, Central Java, had contacted its counterpart in Kabupaten Cirebon, West Java for more investigation.

Wd, resident of Desa Wonorejo, Jatiyoso, possibly died of bird flu infection on Wednesday (20/1). Patient finally died after refused to be transferred from Wonogiri regional hospital to Dr Moewardi regional hospital to get medical treatment.

Source: Indonesia local newspaper, Solo Pos. http://www.solopos.com/2010/karanganyar/suspect-ai-di-jatiyoso-pemkab-ambil-sampel-unggas-13224

hat-tip Bird Flu Information Corner

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