Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk |
The French Tourist |
Post Reply |
Author | |
Guests
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: January 22 2006 at 5:49pm |
I'm sure this is nothing, but it looks like they are now retesting the French tourist. Again, I'm sure it's nothing, unless of course she's now bleeding from the gums and throat, which would be the symptom of H5N1.A Frenchwoman, recently returned from a visit to Turkey is suspected of having bird flu. The French health ministry says despite a first test being negative other tests are being done. The woman, 32, was hospitalised in Montpellier after a two-week stay in Tarsus, Turkey's East Mediterranean region; she was travelling alone. French authorities say that particular area had hitherto been unaffected by the virus. The woman apparently came into contact with dead birds during her visit and developed the symptoms of flu combined with breathing difficulties and was hospitalised on Saturday. Turkey has reported at least four deaths from the H5N1 strain of bird flu this month, bringing the virus nearer to Europe and the Middle East. Turkey's outbreaks have so far been centered in the east, near to Syria, Iraq, Iran and Armenia. To date the H5N1 bird flu virus has killed over 80 people since late 2003. The disease remains one contacted through close contact with sick birds, but there are fears it could mutate into a form that can pass easily from person to person, sparking a pandemic. The French government has already tightened its own security measures against a possible outbreak of the virus, and the number of departments where poultry must be kept inside has been raised from 26 to 58 and entails almost two thirds of the country. Edited by Albert |
|
Sure2Survive
V.I.P. Member Joined: December 15 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 77 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Please give us the link. Thanks, JJ |
|
Sucess requires eye's wide open
|
|
Guests
Guest Group |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Here is the link for the above story. http://www.news-medical.net/?id=15496
Here is a link for another one indicating that they are possibly still testing. I'm sure it's nothing. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/22/news/flu.php?rss A French woman with a respiratory illness who recently traveled to rural Turkey has been hospitalized for testing and observation to make sure that she did not contract the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French Health Ministry reported Sunday. The 32-year-old woman was hospitalized in Montpellier in southern France, a ministry statement said. Initial tests were negative, hospital officials said.
Hospitalization does not indicate likely infections, and is common when countries are on high alert concerning a disease. Two weeks ago a German who fell ill after being in Turkey was hospitalized. The French Health Ministry acknowledged that several dozen people in France were tested recently for the virus; the results were negative.
European countries have increased their vigilance for the H5N1 virus, in birds and in humans, since Turkey was found to have a major bird flu problem just a few weeks ago.
Since then, Turkey has culled nearly a million birds, to contain more than two dozen animal outbreaks, Turkish officials said.
Four Turkish children have died of the disease, all of them from the eastern town of Dogubayazit, and about 20 people have been infected, all of whom had close contact with sick birds.
Edited by Albert |
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You can vote in polls in this forum |