H5N1 Avian Influenza: First Human Case Reported In Cambodia In 2014

4 February 2014
The Global Dispatch
Avian influenza (bird flu) / Government / Government services / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Health / Priority health concerns / Public health
H5N1 avian influenza / Institut Pasteur du Cambodge / Jayavarman VII Hospital / Ministry of Health / Tamiflu

After reporting 26 human H5N1 avian influenza cases in 2013, by far the most of any country, the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced their first case of the lethal bird flu on 2014, according to a Ministry of Health press release Feb. 4.

The case is a 5-year-old boy from Chongda village, Tbaung Kropeur commune, Santuk district, Kampong Thom province who presented with fever and headache on 24th January 2014. …

Testing by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge confirmed the H5N1 avian influenza. …

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