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While it doesn’t add substantially to what has previously been reported, the World Health Organization has today updated their GAR (Global Alert and Response) page to include the recent bird flu fatality in Jakarta (see Bird Flu Suspect Dies In Indonesia).
A hat tip to @GertvanderHoek on FluTrackers for the twitter head’s up.
Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia
11 January 2012 - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.
The case is a 23 year-old male from Jakarta Province. He developed symptoms on 31 December 2011, was admitted to hospital on 6 January 2012 and died on 7 January 2012.
An epidemiological investigation conducted by the Ministry of Health and local health officers indicated that he raised pigeons, and there was a sick pigeon he nursed that subsequently died.
Laboratory tests have confirmed infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. Of the 183 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 151 have been fatal.
We are still awaiting word on four suspected cases in South Sulawesi (see Indonesia: 4 Bird Flu Suspects Isolated).
The H5N1 virus remains poorly adapted to human physiology and only causes rare, sporadic infections in people. The concern is that over time that may change, so we watch these cases with interest.
