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A brief announcement from Depkes, the Indonesian Ministry of Health, on the death of an 8 year-old girl last month from the H5N1 bird flu virus.
IDA at BFIC has more.
West Jakarta ::: H5N1 confirmed
Posted by Ida on May 12, 2011
Center of Health Research and Development Laboratory, Indonesia Ministry of Health confirmed a bird flu H5N1 patient on April 2011.Victim is an 8 years old female from West Jakarta.
Victim started to develop signs such as fever, cough and chest pain on 1 April 2011. She was then admitted to a bird flu referral hospital in Jakarta on 8 April 2011. She received treatment according to the standard procedure and died on 8 April 2011 in the hospital.
Source: Indonesia Ministry of Health website. http://www.depkes.go.id/index.php?Itemid=1
A machine translation of the announcement reads:
BIRD FLU CASE UNTIL APRIL 2011
Based on the results of Research and Development Laboratory of Health Ministry of Health, JZ (P, 8 years), who West Jakarta has tested positive for H5N1 virus (bird flu).
JZ (P, 8 years) experienced onset of illness on April 1, 2011 with symptoms of fever, cough and chest pain. Patients treated at AI referral hospitals in Jakarta on 8 April 2011 and have handled cases
Although we continue to see isolated human infections around the world, for now H5N1 is primarily a threat to poultry.
The virus remains poorly adapted to human physiology, and despite ample opportunities in places like Egypt and Indonesia, only causes rare, sporadic infections.
Nevertheless, the H5N1 virus has an extraordinarily high mortality rate (50%+), and so we watch it carefully for any signs that it may be adapting to humans.
