Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HANOI127
2009-02-17 09:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
AVIAN INFLUENZA: THIRD CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE IN PAST TWO
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UNCLAS HANOI 000127
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, INR, OES/STC, OES/IHA, MED, OGAC
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE AND GH
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OSD/ISA/AP (STERN)
HHS/OSSI/DSI PASS TO FIC/NIH (RGLASS) AND OGHA
(LVALDEZDMILLER/MABDOO)
USAID FOR ASIA (MELLIS, DSHARMA, CJENNINGS) AND GH (KHILL,
DCARROLL)
CDC FOR COGH (SBLOUNT),CCID (SREDD) AND DIV-FLU(COX/MOHEN)
USDA PASS TO APHIS, FAS (OSTA AND OCRA),FSIS
BANGKOK FOR RMO, CDC (MMALISON),USAID (MACARTHUR/MBRADY/CBOWES),
APHIS (NCARDENAS),REO (HHOWARD)
BEIJING FOR HHS HEALTH ATTACHE (BROSS)
PHNOM PENH FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR(BBRADY)
ROME FOR FAO
VIENTIANE FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR (ACORWIN)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: THIRD CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE IN PAST TWO
MONTHS
REF: A. Hanoi 122 B. Hanoi 103 C. Hanoi 65 D. Hanoi 21
UNCLAS HANOI 000127
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, INR, OES/STC, OES/IHA, MED, OGAC
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE AND GH
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OSD/ISA/AP (STERN)
HHS/OSSI/DSI PASS TO FIC/NIH (RGLASS) AND OGHA
(LVALDEZDMILLER/MABDOO)
USAID FOR ASIA (MELLIS, DSHARMA, CJENNINGS) AND GH (KHILL,
DCARROLL)
CDC FOR COGH (SBLOUNT),CCID (SREDD) AND DIV-FLU(COX/MOHEN)
USDA PASS TO APHIS, FAS (OSTA AND OCRA),FSIS
BANGKOK FOR RMO, CDC (MMALISON),USAID (MACARTHUR/MBRADY/CBOWES),
APHIS (NCARDENAS),REO (HHOWARD)
BEIJING FOR HHS HEALTH ATTACHE (BROSS)
PHNOM PENH FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR(BBRADY)
ROME FOR FAO
VIENTIANE FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR (ACORWIN)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: THIRD CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE IN PAST TWO
MONTHS
REF: A. Hanoi 122 B. Hanoi 103 C. Hanoi 65 D. Hanoi 21
1. (U) In a conversation this afternoon with Health and Human
Services officials at the U.S. Embassy, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director
General of the Vietnam Administration of Public Medicine (VAPM),
confirmed media reports that a 32 year old male patient in Kim Tan
commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province (about 100 kilometers
south of Hanoi) was infected with H5N1. On February 5, the patient
suffered from fever and had difficulty breathing. He was
hospitalized on February 13 and was referred to the National
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (NIITD) the same day.
On February 14, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
confirmed that a sample taken from the patient tested positive for
H5N1. The patient slaughtered and ate sick chicken about two weeks
before onset, likely during the Vietnamese Tet holiday. Vietnamese
officials responding to the infection have not learned of any other
suspicious human cases. Though the victim had slaughtered and
consumed sick chickens prior to becoming ill, the Department of
Animal Health within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) has not yet officially reported a poultry
outbreak in Ninh Binh.
MICHALAK
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, INR, OES/STC, OES/IHA, MED, OGAC
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE AND GH
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OSD/ISA/AP (STERN)
HHS/OSSI/DSI PASS TO FIC/NIH (RGLASS) AND OGHA
(LVALDEZDMILLER/MABDOO)
USAID FOR ASIA (MELLIS, DSHARMA, CJENNINGS) AND GH (KHILL,
DCARROLL)
CDC FOR COGH (SBLOUNT),CCID (SREDD) AND DIV-FLU(COX/MOHEN)
USDA PASS TO APHIS, FAS (OSTA AND OCRA),FSIS
BANGKOK FOR RMO, CDC (MMALISON),USAID (MACARTHUR/MBRADY/CBOWES),
APHIS (NCARDENAS),REO (HHOWARD)
BEIJING FOR HHS HEALTH ATTACHE (BROSS)
PHNOM PENH FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR(BBRADY)
ROME FOR FAO
VIENTIANE FOR CDC INFLUENZA COORDINATOR (ACORWIN)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: THIRD CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE IN PAST TWO
MONTHS
REF: A. Hanoi 122 B. Hanoi 103 C. Hanoi 65 D. Hanoi 21
1. (U) In a conversation this afternoon with Health and Human
Services officials at the U.S. Embassy, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director
General of the Vietnam Administration of Public Medicine (VAPM),
confirmed media reports that a 32 year old male patient in Kim Tan
commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province (about 100 kilometers
south of Hanoi) was infected with H5N1. On February 5, the patient
suffered from fever and had difficulty breathing. He was
hospitalized on February 13 and was referred to the National
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (NIITD) the same day.
On February 14, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
confirmed that a sample taken from the patient tested positive for
H5N1. The patient slaughtered and ate sick chicken about two weeks
before onset, likely during the Vietnamese Tet holiday. Vietnamese
officials responding to the infection have not learned of any other
suspicious human cases. Though the victim had slaughtered and
consumed sick chickens prior to becoming ill, the Department of
Animal Health within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) has not yet officially reported a poultry
outbreak in Ninh Binh.
MICHALAK