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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Human to human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu may have infected seven Indonesian family members May 23, 2006 This article is breaking news. Article may change rapidly. Cite all sources used. Please consider joining our IRC channel to help co-ordinate work. Related stories
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Past & Potential Flu Pandemics Disease | Year | Death toll | Spanish Flu 1918/1919 50 million Asian Flu 1957 1 million Hong Kong Flu 1968 1 million H5N1 Ongoing 124 The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that all seven Indonesian individuals infected with the deadly H5N1 Avian Flu (Bird Flu) virus, six of whom have died, contracted the disease through "close and prolonged exposure to a patient during a phase of severe illness." All victims were part of the same family. A 10-year old boy is believed to have contracted the disease through his aunt and then spread the virus to his father. This is the first report of the virus spreading through a three person chain. According to the WHO, experts have not been able to find the birds or animals responsible for spreading the disease. "Although human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out, the search for a possible alternative source of exposure is continuing," said the WHO in a statement on its website. "All confirmed cases in the cluster can be directly linked to close and prolonged exposure to a patient during a phase of severe illness" and that the 32-year old father was "closely involved in caring for his son, and this contact is considered a possible source of infection," said the WHO in a statement. However; the WHO also said that that tests performed on samples from the patients, "found no evidence of genetic reassortment with human or pig influenza viruses and no evidence of significant mutations. The viruses showed no mutations associated with resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors, including oseltamivir (Tamiflu)." They also stressed that "to date, the investigation has found no evidence of spread within the general community and no evidence that efficient human-to-human transmission has occurred." In January, DNA taken from two Turkish teens, confirmed that they died from a mutated strain of the Bird Flu virus. Related Wikinews
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1 Comments:
The first line of this blog is a misstatement. The actual WHO report reads as follows:
"All confirmed cases in the cluster can be directly linked to close and prolonged exposure to a patient during a phase of severe illness. Although human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out, the search for a possible alternative source of exposure is continuing."
There is a distinct difference to being linked to close exposure and what you write ("contracted the disease through").
The WHO has not reported that these people were exposed by a human to human transmission.
The actual report can be found at: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_05_23/en/index.html
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