Monday, February 22, 2010

3-year-old girl infected with influenza A/H5N1

Updated at: 9:07 PM, February 22, 2010
3-year-old girls infected with influenza A/H5N1
Care, treatment for patients with influenza A/H1N1 in the General Hospital North Thang Long
22 / 2, the Health Ministry says it has recorded a case of influenza A/H5N1 infection. It was a girl three years old, living in Turkey The village, Ninh Than, Ninh Hoa district, Khanh Hoa

Disease onset on 27/1 with symptoms of fever 39 degrees C, cough, runny nose. 28 / 1, patients had to visit hospital Ninh Hoa district. Results showed that patients diagnosed with acute respiratory tract. 12 / 2, Nha Trang Pasteur Institute confirmed the test results of patients positive for influenza A/H5N1.

Currently girls have recovered, healthy. Epidemiological survey showed that people in the family and no one was around the same disease.

Nearly a month ago, at the ostrich farm (located near the patient about 1km) with ostrich phenomenon unexplained death. Chi Khanh Hoa Department of Animal Health took samples and handle outbreaks in poultry prescribed.

Notified by the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the country is still seven provinces where bird flu is not over 21 days of Nghe An, Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, Quang Tri and Nam Dinh.

Progress on influenza A/H1N1, on 15/2 recorded a case of influenza A/H1N1. It is a 75-year-old female patient, living in wards Ly Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem district. Patients with disease onset on February 15, was taken to hospital and then transferred to Vietnamese French hospital central tropical disease treatments, test results positive for influenza A/H1N1.

Currently, patients are treated at the Tropical Disease Hospital in the central state in good health. Thus, as of 19 / 2, the country recorded 11,187 cases positive for influenza A/H1N1, including 58 deaths. /.

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