Second Confirmed H5N1 Case in Jakarta
Recombinomics Commentary
January 8, 2007
An Indonesian woman was in critical condition Monday after being hospitalized with bird flu, a health official said. It was unclear how she contracted the virus.
The 37-year-old is the second person to be sickened by the disease in less than a week, said I Nyoman Kandun, the Ministry of Health's director general of communicable disease control.
The other was a 14-year-old boy, Kandun said, adding that both are from the industrial city of Tangerang on the western outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, and are being treated at the Persahabatan hospital.
The woman hospitalized Monday, identified only as Ria, "is now in critical condition," said Kandun.
The above comments describe a second confirmed H5N1 case in the same location. Relatives and neighbors of the first case have been hospitalized with symptoms, but it is not clear if the 37F is the mother or neighbor of the index case.
More information on the relationship of these two confirmed cases and the other 5-6 hospitalized patients from the same region in Tangerang would be useful.
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