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    Posted: December 09 2008 at 8:27am

Indonesia confirms two human bird flu cases, says WHO

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Published: December 09, 2008, 19:18

Geneva: Indonesia has confirmed two new cases of human bird flu, the first officially reported since September in the country which remains the hardest-hit by the deadly virus, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.

A nine-year-old girl in Riau province developed symptoms on November 7 after poultry apparently died at her home, the WHO said in a statement. She was hospitalised five days later and discharged on November22 after recovering.

A two-year-old girl from East Jakarta died on November 29 after developing symptoms on November 18, it said. "Investigations into the source of her infection suggest exposure at a live bird market."

The two latest cases took Indonesia's known number of bird flu infections to 139, including 113 deaths, since 2003, according to the United Nations health agency.

Worldwide, there have been 389 cases including 246 fatalities since 2003, WHO says. Vietnam has the second highest number of cases (106) among 15 countries with known human cases.

Although bird flu remains an animal disease, experts fear that the H5N1 virus might mutate into a form easily passed from human to human, sparking a pandemic which could kill millions.

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Indonesia reports 2 new H5N1 cases, 1 fatal

Lisa Schnirring * Staff Writer

Dec 9, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that Indonesia's health ministry has notified it of two new human H5N1 avian influenza cases, a 9-year-old girl who has recovered and a 2-year-old girl who died.

The announcements come as health officials from Indonesia and other nations are meeting in Geneva this week to work on an agreement for sharing H5N1 virus samples.

The WHO said the 9-year-old girl from Riau province got sick on Nov 7, was hospitalized 5 days later, and was released from the hospital on Nov 27.

Few other details were available about the girl's illness. The WHO said an investigation into the source of the girl's infection revealed poultry deaths on Nov 2 at her family's home.

In the second case, the 2-year-old girl who died was from East Jakarta. The WHO said the girl got sick on Nov 18, was hospitalized 8 days later, and died on Nov 29.

The WHO said initial investigations indicate that the girl may have been exposed to the virus at a live bird market.

The two cases bring Indonesia's H5N1 case count to 139, including 113 deaths.

Today's statement from the WHO didn't address previous media reports on the death of a 15-year-old girl from central Java who—according to a local medical official and a doctor who treated her—died of an H5N1 infection on Nov 7. However, on Nov 13 Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, denied reports that the girl had H5N1 and said tests from two laboratories came back negative, according to previous reports.

Indonesia has been hit harder than any other country by the H5N1 virus. However, the country has stopped sharing H5N1 samples to protest the lack of access to and affordability of avian influenza vaccines and treatments.

Indonesia also said in June that it would no longer promptly report H5N1 cases and would give only periodic updates. The country released its last update in early September.

Today's announcement of the two new Indonesian cases raises the global H5N1 count to 389 cases and 246 deaths.

See also:

Dec 9 WHO statement

WHO global H5N1 case count
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