villain Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6121998/ First human-to-human bird flu case in Thailand Woman likely infected by her daughter, officials say The Associated Press Updated: 9:16 a.m. ET Sept. 28, 2004 BANGKOK, Thailand - A woman who died earlier this month of bird flu probably got the disease from her daughter, a Thai official said Tuesday, increasing concern the case is the first known human-to-human transmission of the disease. advertisement The 26-year-old woman, Pranee Thongchan, died on Sept. 20, and is confirmed to have contracted the deadly H5N1 virus, Charal Trinwuthipong, director general of the Disease Control Department, told reporters. She is the 10th confirmed human fatality from the virus in Thailand this year. Pranee’s 11-year-old daughter Sakuntala, who passed away Sept. 12, is believed to have died of avian influenza she got from chickens in her house. But it could not be confirmed because her body was cremated before tests could be done. Pranee had no contact with the chickens but did have a “very close and face-to-face exposure” to her daughter while tending to her in hospital, a Public Health Ministry statement said. “We have all agreed that a probable human-to-human transmission has occurred,” Dr. Kumara Rai, the acting Thailand representative of the World Health Organization, told The Associated Press. The development “should be viewed by the international community with concern,” said Scott Dowell, director of the International Emerging Infections Program. The “documentation of human-to-human transmission in this situation is better than it has been in previous cases,” Dowell said. Human to human transmission has been suspected in the past in some cases in Vietnam and Hong Kong, but was never confirmed. Scientists fear a global pandemic if it turns out that the virus has mutated to mix with the human influenza virus and can jump from one human to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 i'm still getting over the wu-flu...damned bird flu...fuck that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mental invalid Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4464491 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 WHATS NEXT? RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 next? NEFA virus. extremely deadly, and highly contagious and transmittable. wtf. you didn't really think mom nature was gonna let reproduction run wild out..did ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 Uh oh... I never even heard of NEFA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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