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Human infection with Avian Influenza in the WHO South-East Asia Region
On 21 February 2012, the Ministry of Health of Indonesia announced one new confirmed case
of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1)
virus: a 19 year-old female from Banten Province. She developed symptoms
on 8 February 2012, was hospitalised on 12 February
2012 and died on 13 February 2012.
Of the 185 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia,
153 have been fatal.
There are now 214 reported cases of human infection with the
avian influenza (H5N1) virus, and 170 deaths, in the WHO South-East Asia
Region. More than a third of all
such cases globally have been reported from this Region.
Two cases of human infection with avian influenza were
reported from Bangladesh
in 2011, and one in 2008. Thailand
had reported 25 cases with 17 deaths between December 2003-2006. In late 2007, Myanmar
reported its first human case.
Worldwide, as of 08 February 2012, WHO has reported 584
laboratory confirmed human cases of infection with avian influenza and
345 deaths since the first case was reported in 2003.
Overview of Avian Influenza in the WHO
South-East Asia Region, 2010 [PDF 18 KB]
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