Third Confirmed H5N1 Case in Indonesia This Week
Recombinomics Commentary 18:00
February 19, 2008
One of the patients who was treated in RSUD Kraton, Pekalongan, Central Java, was stated positive suffered bird flu.
The patient was named Istiono (56), villagers Rejosari, Pekalongan, this was at this time treated in the room of the special isolation.
Information that succeeded in being gathered mentioned, the positive patient this bird flu entered RSUD Kraton last Monday approximately struck 12,00 WIB by his family's member.
Upon arrival at RSUD he direct diperkisa and was brought to isolation space.
The above translation describes another H5N1 confirmed case in Indonesia. This case is in addition to two fatalities reported yesterday, one (16M) in Solo in Central Java, and another (3M) in southern Jakarta.
Three confirmed cases on two days in three distinct locations raises concerns that the efficiency for H5N1 infections in humans is increasing.
This jump in human cases increases concerns over withheld samples by Indonesia.
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