Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PHNOMPENH570
2006-03-24 09:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Phnom Penh
Cable title:
CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA
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UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000570
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND OES/IHA DANIEL SINGER AND NATALIA
COMELLA
HHS FOR ASST SEC STEWART SIMONSON
GENEVA FOR RMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
SUBJECT: CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000570
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND OES/IHA DANIEL SINGER AND NATALIA
COMELLA
HHS FOR ASST SEC STEWART SIMONSON
GENEVA FOR RMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
SUBJECT: CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA
1. Cambodia's Ministry of Health, together with the World
Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute, has confirmed
that a three-year-old girl died March 21 from avian
influenza. The girl, who lived in the Kong Pisey district
of Kampong Speu province, about 30 miles west of Phnom Penh,
had reportedly been playing with sick birds a few days
before she became ill with a fever on March 14. Her
condition deteriorated rapidly on March 20 and she was taken
to Kantha Bopha Hospital in Phnom Penh, where she died the
next day. The Ministry has not yet released the girl's name
nor the name of the village where she lived.
2. According to Dr. Sirenda Vong, the CDC-trained head of
epidemiology at the Pasteur Institute, the Pasteur Institute
laboratory confirmed last night that the child had been
infected with avian influenza. The Pasteur Institute will
send samples to the WHO collaborating center laboratory in
Hong Kong for further testing.
3. A Ministry of Health/Pasteur Institute/WHO team is
currently investigating the case. A check of area hospitals
revealed no other patients suffering from symptoms and
exposure patterns consistent with avian influenza. During a
door to door village survey, the team identified 42 contacts
and took samples from each. The investigation team is
monitoring seven people: four individuals with mild fevers
who had contact with the infected child and three other
people with mild symptoms who had contact with poultry that
had died near the village. Laboratory results from the
suspected cases are expected to be available early next
week. Villagers have told the team that there was a bird
die-off in the village in February and March.
4. Post's CDC office will remain in close contact with the
investigation team and is prepared to provide technical
assistance, if requested.
Mussomeli
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND OES/IHA DANIEL SINGER AND NATALIA
COMELLA
HHS FOR ASST SEC STEWART SIMONSON
GENEVA FOR RMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
SUBJECT: CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA
1. Cambodia's Ministry of Health, together with the World
Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute, has confirmed
that a three-year-old girl died March 21 from avian
influenza. The girl, who lived in the Kong Pisey district
of Kampong Speu province, about 30 miles west of Phnom Penh,
had reportedly been playing with sick birds a few days
before she became ill with a fever on March 14. Her
condition deteriorated rapidly on March 20 and she was taken
to Kantha Bopha Hospital in Phnom Penh, where she died the
next day. The Ministry has not yet released the girl's name
nor the name of the village where she lived.
2. According to Dr. Sirenda Vong, the CDC-trained head of
epidemiology at the Pasteur Institute, the Pasteur Institute
laboratory confirmed last night that the child had been
infected with avian influenza. The Pasteur Institute will
send samples to the WHO collaborating center laboratory in
Hong Kong for further testing.
3. A Ministry of Health/Pasteur Institute/WHO team is
currently investigating the case. A check of area hospitals
revealed no other patients suffering from symptoms and
exposure patterns consistent with avian influenza. During a
door to door village survey, the team identified 42 contacts
and took samples from each. The investigation team is
monitoring seven people: four individuals with mild fevers
who had contact with the infected child and three other
people with mild symptoms who had contact with poultry that
had died near the village. Laboratory results from the
suspected cases are expected to be available early next
week. Villagers have told the team that there was a bird
die-off in the village in February and March.
4. Post's CDC office will remain in close contact with the
investigation team and is prepared to provide technical
assistance, if requested.
Mussomeli