Third death from H5N1 (Avian Flu) reported in Cambodia for 2023 :

Another Dead Case of Avian Influenza Recorded
AKP Phnom Penh, October 09, 2023 --
Another dead case of H5N1 avian influenza has been found on a two-year old girl living in Chmar Lot village, South Snong commune, Kamchay Mear district, Prey Veng province, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Health released tonight.

The little girl was confirmed positive for H5N1 on Oct. 9 by the National Institute of Public Health, the source pointed out.

This is the 3rd case of H5N1 this year, and the 59th person to be infected with the virus in Cambodia since 2005, of them 40 lost their lives, it added.

The Ministry of Health’s Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) at the national and sub-national levels have been working to investigate the causes of transmission on both animals and humans and implement control measures as well as distribute Tamiflu to those who came in close contacts.
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Cambodia reports two H5N1 avian flu cases, one fatal
Lisa Schnirring
October 9, 2023

Cambodia has reported two fatal infections linked to H5N1 avian influenza, though it’s not yet known whether the virus belongs to the 2.3.2.1c clade known to circulate in the country’s poultry or if the deaths involve the 2.3.4.4b clade circulating more globally.
Two cases from neighboring provinces

The health ministry posted a notice yesterday about the first patient, a 50-year-old man from Svay Rieng province, on its Facebook page. The notice was picked up by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board, then translated and posted by FluTrackers and Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog.

The ministry report said more than 50 chickens had died at the man’s house and his neighbor’s house and that the birds were distributed for eating. Health officials are tracking down contacts and issuing public health warnings in the affected area.

Today, the ministry posted a notice about a second H5N1 case, which involves a 2-year-old girl from neighboring Prey Veng province who died from her infection, according to a translation posted by AFD. The report said investigators found dead chickens in the girl’s house.
New infections follow two similar cases from February

The two cases are the fourth to be reported from Cambodia this year. In February, Cambodia reported a fatal H5N1 case in a 11-year-old girl from Prey Veng province, along with a subsequent infection confirmed in her father, who was asymptomatic and was isolated at a hospital.

The two cases in February marked Cambodia’s first H5N1 infections since 2014.

Genetic sequencing of samples from the patients found that the H5N1 virus belonged to the 2.3.2.1c clade, similar to viruses circulating in southeast Asia since 2014.
CDC updated H5N1 technical report

Since January 2022 and before the two latest cases were reported by Cambodia, 15 sporadic human H5N1 infections have been reported from eight countries, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a recently updated technical report. Some cases were severe or fatal, though some were asymptomatic and are thought to involve environmental contamination rather than true infection.

Nearly all the patients had been exposed to sick or dead poultry. Twelve of the cases involved the more recent 2.3.4.4b clade.
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