Indonesia human bird flu suspected cases review, February 2009.
“This statement is purely personal opinion of author. There is nothing that reliable and can be use as reference.”
Since the beginning of the year 2009, Indonesia has reported several bird flu outbreaks in chickens and human suspected cases. The first recorded and officially confirmed human H5N1 infected victims were 29-year-old woman from Tangerang and 6-year-old girl from Bekasi. Since then several human suspect cases appeared and one of them, St (F/18) (was written as 28 — adm) from Surabaya had been confirmed positive H5N1 infection. However, the former case hasn’t been officially announced as positive case by Indonesia government.
Other suspect cases from Demak, Bali, Cirebon and Maros had been reported negative by media news according to medical examination, meanwhile some others remain uncleared. In Bogor, last February 2009, two victims had possibly killed by bird flu virus followed by one more suspected ill victim from the same area. Those three victims were also known as siblings. Eventhough medical examination showed highly possibility of bird flu infection, but no confirmation has been released until now. Somehow, the fatal victims from Bogor were also buried strictly as they might have infectious disease. Most recent cases, involving 7 human suspected victims from Bekasi are also still under investigation.
Most all cases have contact history with dead chickens, or dead chickens findings around the neighborhood or visiting wet market. Two cases, NA (F/43) from Cengkareng and St (F/18) (was written as 28 — adm) from Surabaya reported had no any contact with birds nor did visit wet market.
Avian influenza news whether related to chicken outbreaks or human suspected cases is not popular topics in Indonesia lately. This may be due to other domestic hot news such as upcoming general election event and national incidents as earthquakes, transportation accident and political issues.
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