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A hat tip to Shiloh, editor and senior moderator at FluTrackers, for picking up on this VOV (Voice of Vietnam) article regarding a new H5N1 case – this time a 3 year-old in Ho Chi Minh City.
Although the initial lab test came back positive for H5N1, it generally requires two positive tests before a case is declared `official’. Hence this remains a `suspect case’ for the time being.
Updated : 6:36 PM, 03/16/2010
New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced a suspected case of bird flu virus on March 16.
The patient, a 3-year-old child from Thuan An district, Binh Duong province, was hospitalised with symptoms of petechial fever, but she then tested positive for the A/H5N1 virus and is now under quarantine for treatment at Nhi Dong hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.
“There are many poultry breeders around the patient’s house,” said her family.
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Pasteur Institute have sent medical experts to Nhi Dong hospital for consultation and samples have been taken for medical tests. The final result will be announced on March 17.
The Pasteur Institute will send officials to the patient’s living quarters for inspection and put those who have contact with her in quarantine.
