H5N1 Cluster in Lampung Indonesia Confirmed
Recombinomics Commentary 12:18
March 14, 2008
2 including being stated positive was expected avian influenza (AI) and got the intensive maintenance.
Both of them respectively Lola (20) and Karniti (42). Both of them the resident Way Laga.
The above comments describe two patients in Lampung who were PCR positive for H5N1. Although local media reports differ on the identity and status of the two positives, multiple reports agree that two have tested positive and they are from the larger cluster of 10 who were hospitalized.
The two positives may be parent and sibling (based on another report), or could be two who bolted from the hospital (and presumably readmitted since other reports indicate the two positives have symptoms and are in isolation).
More information is required to conclusively identify the two positives, but there is clearly a confirmed cluster in Lampung that may grow larger.
More information on the identity and disease onset dates would be useful.
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