# 2302
Yesterday we began getting reports of four suspected cases of `flu burung', or human bird flu, out of Indonesia. Reports such as these are fairly common, and often are never confirmed as stemming from the H5N1 virus.
There are many diseases common in Indonesia that can produce the same symptoms as avian flu, and few communities have adequate medical and testing facilities to render a proper diagnosis.
While these four patients are only suspected of having bird flu, and we must await testing and (hopefully) some official announcement to be certain, the reporting on these cases has increased overnight.
This first report (hat tip Commonground on Flutrackers) comes from the tribun-timur.com and has been machine translated into English.
Four Residents Lutra Suspect Bird Flu
Two Chickens Were Found Positif Avian InfluenzaMasamba, Tribun - totalling four villagers Desa Karya Mekar, Kecamatan Mappedeceng, Kabupaten Luwu Utara (Lutra), was stated suspek bird flu. The four of them till yesterday still were treated in the Regional Hospital (RSUD) Andi Djemma, Masamba, Lutra.
The four residents who were treated in this ward of the internal disease public were their respective, Komang Yuliani (22), Jesica (3 months), Kade Kurniati (24), dan Yudi Astawan (4). Yuliani and Jesica were the mother and the child, in spite of that with Kurniati and Astawan.
The plan is, the four patients suspek this bird flu will be reconciled to RSUD A Makassau, Kota Parepare. His article, RSUD A Djemma did not yet have equipment and isolation space to treat the bird flu sufferer.
One of the residents, Ketut Suliha stated, the four mothers and this child began to be attacked by the high fever since the last three days that was accompanied by dying the suddenness of several poultries in this area.
Poultry Positive
The Positif Karena poultry hot that was suffered never recovered, finally the family brought the two mothers and this child to the hospital.
Felt curious with the death of several poultries in the area of their settlement, the resident had finally reported this incident to the livestock breeding service and fisheries.
Was based on results of the inspection in the Besar Veteriner Hall (BB-Vet) Maros, two from five tails of the poultry that was taken his sample was stated positive was attacked by the virus of Avian Influenza.
"After being carried out by the inspection in the laboratory, there were two poultries that were stated positive bird flu, the" Peternakan" Service headword and Lutra fisheries, Kasim Alwi, to the reporter, on Monday (15/9).
Local TV news now has the story with this report (with a video in Indonesian) from MetroTVNews.
A Hat tip to IronOreHopper on Flutrackers for this link.
Four residents LUWU NORTH was expected by BURUNG FLU
Metrotvnews.com, Luwu Utara:As Many As four patients were expected by bird flu from Luwu Utara was reconciled to the Public Hospital of Daerah Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi.
They were Komang Yuliani and his child, Jesika, as well as and two other residents, Yudi Astawan and Kadek Kurnias.
They were still allied.
The four of them came from the Mekar Sari Village, Kecamatan Mapadeceng, Luwu Utara.
Their assumption was flattest bird flu after the Peternakan Service local took three chickens that died suddenly around their house.
From results of the research of Laboratoruim Observasi of the Penelitian Maros Hall was stated these chickens were infected by the virus H5N1.
They were reconciled to the Hospital of Pare-Pare because in the Hospital of Andi Jemma did not have equipment for the bird flu patient. (the SHOT)
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