Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4221525.stm Vietnam bird flu deaths increase Inspection of chickens in northern Vietnam market More than 200,000 chickens were culled in Vietnam in January A 10-year-old girl has died of bird flu - the 12th confirmed victim in a month - Vietnamese officials say. Medical official Ngo Van Hoang said the girl developed a high fever and bad cough a week after helping her family bury some dead chickens. She spent several days on a respirator before her death. On Saturday, a 13-year-old girl died of the virus a day after her mother, whom she probably infected. Scientists say more human-to-human cases are likely. A 25-year-old Cambodian woman suspected of having bird flu also died in southern Vietnam on Saturday. Tests are being done to find the cause of her death. Doctors told Reuters news agency that they were concerned because her brother had recently died of respiratory failure. The latest deaths came amid warnings that the virus had broken down the last barriers to spreading between humans. Until the late 1990s, it had not been thought that the virus strain - H5N1 - could spread to humans at all. The latest deaths bring the total number of confirmed cases in Vietnam to at least 31. Bird flu has also killed 12 people in Thailand, and the World Health Organisation says the virus may have infected people in Burma, Laos and Cambodia as well. -- Dave Neale UK Director Animals Asia Foundation ANIMALS ASIA HAS A BRAND NEW WEBSITE! Find out more about our historic China Bear Rescue and Friends or Food? projects by visiting the Animals Asia Foundation website at http://www.animalsasia.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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