Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06VIENTIANE696
2006-07-25 08:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Vientiane
Cable title:
PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS
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UNCLAS VIENTIANE 000696
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR G, EAP/MLA - WEYER
DEPT PASS TO USAID FOR DENNIS CARROLL
HSS FOR ELVANDER
BANGKOK PASS TO USAID - MACARTHUR, FAS, AND REO - WALLER
ROME FOR FAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO ECON KFLU PREL SOCI LA
SUBJECT: PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS
UNCLAS VIENTIANE 000696
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR G, EAP/MLA - WEYER
DEPT PASS TO USAID FOR DENNIS CARROLL
HSS FOR ELVANDER
BANGKOK PASS TO USAID - MACARTHUR, FAS, AND REO - WALLER
ROME FOR FAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO ECON KFLU PREL SOCI LA
SUBJECT: PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS
1. Post has received information from FAO regarding a
probable outbreak of Avian Influenza in Dong Bang Village,
Xaythang District, about 20 kilometers north of Vientiane
City, in Vientiane Province. The outbreak was reported to
FAO and WHO on July 14, but information was withheld from the
wider community pending an intervention/investigation. The
outbreak occurred among chickens at a state-owned commercial
poultry facility, where 155 birds died and a further 5000
were culled by Ministry of Agriculture Animal Health
personnel. Reaction by the relevant GoL officials appears to
have been timely.
2. The diagnosis was based upon serological (HA/HI) tests,
and specimens have been sent to the Thai Ministry of
Agriculture's Department of Livestock Development Lab, in
Bangkok, for confirming analysis.
3. Post's Infectious Disease Coordinator has taken protective
clothing to Dong Bang to investigate further and to help set
up monitoring of humans who have had contact with the
diseased birds. Post will provide an update after his return
HASLACH
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR G, EAP/MLA - WEYER
DEPT PASS TO USAID FOR DENNIS CARROLL
HSS FOR ELVANDER
BANGKOK PASS TO USAID - MACARTHUR, FAS, AND REO - WALLER
ROME FOR FAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO ECON KFLU PREL SOCI LA
SUBJECT: PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS
1. Post has received information from FAO regarding a
probable outbreak of Avian Influenza in Dong Bang Village,
Xaythang District, about 20 kilometers north of Vientiane
City, in Vientiane Province. The outbreak was reported to
FAO and WHO on July 14, but information was withheld from the
wider community pending an intervention/investigation. The
outbreak occurred among chickens at a state-owned commercial
poultry facility, where 155 birds died and a further 5000
were culled by Ministry of Agriculture Animal Health
personnel. Reaction by the relevant GoL officials appears to
have been timely.
2. The diagnosis was based upon serological (HA/HI) tests,
and specimens have been sent to the Thai Ministry of
Agriculture's Department of Livestock Development Lab, in
Bangkok, for confirming analysis.
3. Post's Infectious Disease Coordinator has taken protective
clothing to Dong Bang to investigate further and to help set
up monitoring of humans who have had contact with the
diseased birds. Post will provide an update after his return
HASLACH