Cambodia says the bird flu that killed an 11-year-old girl was the same strain that had spread. Although the results of close contact The latest are all negative.
Cambodia’s Department of Disease Control said the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed an 11-year-old girl in Prey Veng Province is a 2.3.2.1ca subspecies that had been endemic in the country several years earlier. Unlike species found in other parts of the world, the agency will investigate the disease. And continue to follow up with people who are in close contact with the patient. Human-to-human transmission of H5N1 bird flu has not yet been reported.
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However, Cambodia’s Department of Disease Control still advises people to avoid direct contact with sick poultry. or poultry carcasses to prevent spread
While yesterday (February 26), the Cambodian Ministry of Health revealed that Cambodia no longer has an outbreak of bird flu in the country. by the confirmation results of the girl’s father who was previously found to be infected He is now negative. Similarly, 25 other close contacts had also tested negative.
side Dr. Anant Chongkaewwatana, Director of Biotechnology Animal Health Innovation and Management Research Group-NSTDA. A Facebook post provides additional information about the 2.3.2.1c subspecies of the bird flu virus found in Cambodia. that it is an endemic species of the country and different from H5N1 found in mammals such as mink or seals and poultry around the world which is inferior 2.3.4.4b, which shows that there are at least two subtypes of H5N1 in different regions at the moment.
The genetic code for the H5N1 virus found in a Cambodian girl has been released in a central database available to researchers worldwide. Fortunately, Cambodia has a Virology Network Research Unit of the Pasteur Institute of France. Makes virus decryption very fast Compared to the bird flu epidemic ten years ago
The number of deaths from bird flu in Cambodia has prompted neighboring countries to increase their vigilance for bird flu outbreaks. Issue warnings to local governments in the southern regions of the country. which borders Cambodia Raise the level of surveillance of imported chicken. including those traveling from Prey Veng Province in Cambodia
For Vietnam, the first case of H1N1 bird flu in eight years was detected in October last year, but the patient has recovered.
