CanadaSue
12-02-2004, 04:32 PM
Breaking my own rule here & posting this one before anyone gets too excited. It looks UNLIKELY to be avian flu as Vietnam has not reported human cases in quite some time. If it is, we'll find out soon enough & yes, this IS the way it would spread west - air travel combined with a hapless passenger...
Gotta finish that personal prep thread - will be working on that all weekend. I'll go right to French media for this, better from the cheval's bouche:
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:1534328404711744300::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,27354
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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN - FRANCE (EX VIET NAM): SUSPECTED
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Date: Thu 2 Dec 2004
From: Joseph Dudley <jdudley@intellibridge.com>
Source; Expatica online, Agence France Presse report, Thu 2 Dec 2004 [edited]
<http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=1
4631&name=Suspected+case+of+bird+flu+in+France>
France: Suspected Imported Human Case of Avian Influenza Virus Infection
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NANCY: A 69-year-old man has been hospitalised in northeastern France with
suspected avian influenza virus infection, health officials said on Thu 2 Dec 2004. The man, who has not been named, had recently returned from a trip to Viet Nam, they said. "We are applying the principle of precaution because the patient had come back from Viet Nam and showed symptoms that
suggested avian influenza," said Bertrand Demangeon, a doctor at the main
hospital in Nancy. The man was being kept in isolation in the intensive care unit.
Avian influenza A virus has been responsible for some 20 human deaths in
Vietnam in the last year, and there have been outbreaks in six other Asian
countries.
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Joseph P. Dudley, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst, Biosecurity & Agriculture
INTELLIBRIDGE
1101 30th Street, NW Suite 100B
Washington DC 20007
<jdudley@intellibridge.com>
[There appears to be no direct evidence that the patient is suffering from
avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection, other than that he has returned from Viet Nam. No human cases or deaths have been confirmed in Viet Nam during the past two months, and all confirmed fatal and non-fatal cases have involved Vietnamese citizens. The final sentence of the above report is misleading. The outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in six countries in the region refer to outbreaks in poultry; human case have been confirmed only in Viet Nam (27 cases of whom 20 died) and Thailand (17 cases of whom 12 died). Further information is awaited. - Mod.CP]***
Vietnam does NOT report human flu stats or subtypes. Fr that matter they rarely bother with any kind of flu test. If this gentleman has flu & a human strain, we will hopefully learn of 1 of the subtypes circulating in Vietnam at this time.
Gotta finish that personal prep thread - will be working on that all weekend. I'll go right to French media for this, better from the cheval's bouche:
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:1534328404711744300::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,27354
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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN - FRANCE (EX VIET NAM): SUSPECTED
********************************************************
Date: Thu 2 Dec 2004
From: Joseph Dudley <jdudley@intellibridge.com>
Source; Expatica online, Agence France Presse report, Thu 2 Dec 2004 [edited]
<http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=1
4631&name=Suspected+case+of+bird+flu+in+France>
France: Suspected Imported Human Case of Avian Influenza Virus Infection
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NANCY: A 69-year-old man has been hospitalised in northeastern France with
suspected avian influenza virus infection, health officials said on Thu 2 Dec 2004. The man, who has not been named, had recently returned from a trip to Viet Nam, they said. "We are applying the principle of precaution because the patient had come back from Viet Nam and showed symptoms that
suggested avian influenza," said Bertrand Demangeon, a doctor at the main
hospital in Nancy. The man was being kept in isolation in the intensive care unit.
Avian influenza A virus has been responsible for some 20 human deaths in
Vietnam in the last year, and there have been outbreaks in six other Asian
countries.
--
Joseph P. Dudley, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst, Biosecurity & Agriculture
INTELLIBRIDGE
1101 30th Street, NW Suite 100B
Washington DC 20007
<jdudley@intellibridge.com>
[There appears to be no direct evidence that the patient is suffering from
avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection, other than that he has returned from Viet Nam. No human cases or deaths have been confirmed in Viet Nam during the past two months, and all confirmed fatal and non-fatal cases have involved Vietnamese citizens. The final sentence of the above report is misleading. The outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in six countries in the region refer to outbreaks in poultry; human case have been confirmed only in Viet Nam (27 cases of whom 20 died) and Thailand (17 cases of whom 12 died). Further information is awaited. - Mod.CP]***
Vietnam does NOT report human flu stats or subtypes. Fr that matter they rarely bother with any kind of flu test. If this gentleman has flu & a human strain, we will hopefully learn of 1 of the subtypes circulating in Vietnam at this time.