Two Cambodian children hospitalized with H5N1
Cambodia’s health ministry today announced two more H5N1 avian flu cases, both in children, the hardest-hit group in that country so far. The patients are a 9-year-old boy from Battambang province and a 5-year-old girl from Kandal province, according to a joint statement today from Cambodia’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO). The two new infections boost the country’s H5N1 total to 16 so far this year, of which 9 were fatal. Battambang province is in northwestern Cambodia, while Kandal province is in the southern part of the country. Both cases were confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia. … Since 2005, Cambodia has had 37 H5N1 cases, 28 of which were fatal. Of the confirmed case-patients, 26 were younger than 14 years old, the WHO noted. …
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