Dr. Anan Reveals Cambodia’s First Child Infected with H5N1 Bird Flu

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2024-01-27 03:47:00

“Dr. Anan” revealed that Cambodia found a child infected with H5N1 bird flu for the first time this year. It is believed to be a local strain that jumped from poultry to humans.

Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana, Director of the Animal Health Innovation and Management Research Group The National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotech) posted on its Facebook page. Anan Jongkaewwattana Revealing that Cambodia has found a child infected with bird flu, the first of this year, stating that

Cambodia has found the first child infected with H5N1 bird flu of the year, a 3-year-old boy who is currently being treated in the ICU. It is believed that he got the infection from a duck or chicken that was found sick and died in his residential area 10 days ago.

Previously, in Prey Vong province, two people were infected last year. The virus is still a local strain that jumped from poultry to humans (2.3.2.1c), not the strain found in birds or South American or European seals, it is expected. that in this latest case it is probably a local species

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