Mystery Disease Kills At Least 33 In Nepal

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Mystery Disease (H5N1?)

Kills At Least 33 In Nepal

>From Patricia Doyle, PhD

dr_p_doyle

6-18-5

 

Hello, Jeff - We need to assume that the disease below is H5...and

prepare accordingly until such time as we either affirm or deny the

reports. Bush's open border (no border) policies may be about to

contribute to our long-discussed pandemic nightmare.

 

Patricia Doyle

 

Nepal - Outbreaks Of Deadly Undiagnosed Diseases - 33 Deaths

Xinhua News Agency Online

6-17-5

 

At least 33 people died of diarrhea, respiratory infection and

undiagnosed disease in 2 different districts in western Nepal,

officials said on Fri 17 Jun 2005.

 

"More than 12 people died of diarrhea in the village of Badhu in

Bajrua district in the last week," Deepak Shah, acting chief of the

district health office, told reporters.

 

"8 other people died of an undiagnosed disease that spread in

Barbise, Naubise, Toli and Kailashmandau villages of the district in

the last week," he said. A team of health workers has been

dispatched to the epidemic affected area, he added.

 

Meanwhile, about 13 people have died of respiratory illness in less

than a week in the mid-western district of Mugu. "The disease has

hit Sewa and Kalai villages most while it is also spreading in

surrounding places," said an official at the district health office.

 

The Department of Health has dispatched medical teams to the

affected areas to identify the disease and provide treatment to the

infected people, the official said.

 

 

Dr. Henry L. Niman, PhD

Recombinomics Commentary

6-17-5

 

At least 14 people died of diarrhea and eight others died of

undiagnosed disease in two different districts of far-western Nepal,

the Source reported Wednesday.

 

"More than 14 people died of diarrhoea in Toleni village of Doti

district in the last three weeks," it quoted Hikmat Bahadur Bogati,

an official at district health office as telling reporters.

 

About 80 people in the village are seriously ill and there is no

medicine for them, he noted.

 

"A health worker team has already been dispatched to the epidemic

affected area," he added. Xinhua also reported that eight civilians

died from an undiagnosed disease in Bajura district in the past one

week.

 

Mysterious Disease Kills 22 in Western Nepal

 

Mysterious fatal diseases in Nepal at this time are cause for

concern. The H5N1 infected bar headed geese found dead in Qinghai

Lake Nature Reserve in May winter on the northern plains of India.

Thus, these birds would fly over Nepal when migrating from India to

China.

 

In Vietnam, H5N1 bird flu infections can be found in asymptomatic

ducks and geese. These birds excrete large amounts of stable H5N1,

causing potential pollution problems. The H5N1 in fatal humans

infections in Vietnam can produce these asymptomatic conditions in

laboratory ducks.

 

Thus, it is possible that H5N1 infected geese from India could

spread human disease linked to their migratory flight path. After

H5N1 was discovered in patients with gastro-intestinal or

neurological conditions, WHO had indicated that H5N1 testing of

cluster of unexplained deaths would begin.

 

The 22 deaths described above would clearly meet that definition,

but there are no hints of H5N1 testing of these cases or meningitis

cases in northern India, which is very close to these two outbreaks

in western Nepal.

 

Although WHO has expressed concerns about delayed reporting of H5N1

cases in Vietnam, surveillance of H5N1 outside of Vietnam also

appears to be lacking. A much more aggressive surveillance program

is required to understand exactly where H5N1 is and isn't in human

and animal populations in Asia.

 

Patricia A. Doyle, PhD

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