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19,068 cases. 187 people have died:
A 42 year old man near Bangkok; a 40 year old woman; a Navy cadet; a 45 year old man; a 15 year old girl from Chonburi province; a 30 year old man who was treated at Bangna Hospital; a 7 year old woman from Ratchaburi province; a 58 year old man; a 8 year old girl; a 19 year old University student in Phuket; a 21 year old woman in Bangkok; 45 year old man in Bangkok; a 52 year old policeman; a 17 year old High School student; a 63 year old woman in Samut Prakan; a 45 year old man from Ayutthaya province; a woman in Ratchaburi province; a 19 year old rubber farmer from Thung Yai district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province; a 13 year old boy in Bangkok; a 53 year old woman in Bangkok; and a 46 year old woman in Sakhon Nakhon province; a 62 year old woman in Chumphon province; a 26 year old pregnant woman from Ratchaburi; a 37 year old pregnant woman from Korat; a pregant woman; and others.
2004
The first person reported to contract H5N1 influenza in Thailand was a 6 year old boy from Suphanburi province. He first became ill on January 3 2004. H5N1 infection was confirmed. He died on February 3.
A 6 year old boy from Kanchanaburi province first became ill on January 6 2004. He died on January 25. His 33 year old mother also became ill with respiratory symptoms and died. She was not tested for H5N1 infection. Corresponds to Olsen et al. cluster 4
Another 6 year old boy, from Sukhothai province was reported ill with H5N1 influenza on January 26 2004. This boy died on January 27.
A 58 year old woman became ill on January 19 2004 and died on January 27. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
A 6 year old boy from Kanchanaburi province became ill on January 24 2004 and died on February 2.
A 4 year old boy from Khon Kaen province died of H5N1 infection on February 3 2004.
A 13 year old boy from Chaiyaphum province was reported to be infected with H5N1 on February 12 2004. He died on February 13.
A 2 year old boy and a 27 year old woman, both from Uttaradit province were reported infected with H5N1. Both recovered in February.
A 47 year-old woman from Lopburi province became ill on February 5 2004 but recovered by February 25.
A 29 year old man from Nakhon Ratchasima province became ill on February 13 2004, but recovered by March 7.
A 39 year old woman from Ayudhaya province became ill on March 1 2005. She died on March 12. An 18 year old man from Prachinburi province died of H5N1 influenza on September 8 2004.
A family cluster of H5N1 and severe respiratory illness was observed in September 2004 in Kamphaeng Phet province. A 11 year old girl from Kamphaeng Phet province became ill on September 2 2004 and died of pneumonia on September 8 2004. She was not tested for H5N1 infection, but was considered to be a probable H5N1 fatality. Her 26 year old mother lived in Bangkok but visited her daughter to take of her while she was ill. The mother became ill on September 11 2004 and died on September 20. H5N1 infection was confirmed. The girl lived with her 32 year old Aunt. The Aunt became ill on September 16 2004 but recovered. H5N1 infection was confirmed. The Aunt’s son became ill with a respiratory infection. This cluster is considered one of the most convincing cases of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 because the mother lived in an area which had no infected birds, Bangkok, and was exposed to H5N1 by her daughter (who did have exposure to sick chickens). Corresponds to Olsen et al. cluster 6
A 9 year old girl from Phetchabun province became ill on September 23 2004. She died of H5N1 influenza on October 3.
A 14 year old girl from Sukhothai province became ill on October 8 2004. She died on October 19.
2005
A gap of nearly year occurred in reported cases in Thailand.
A new family cluster in Thailand was observed in October 2005. A 48-year old man from Kanchanaburi province became ill on October 13 2005 and died on October 19. His 7 year old son became ill on October 16, but recovered. H5N1 infection was confirmed in both cases.
WHO update 35, WHO update 36
A 50-year-old woman from Bangkok became ill on October 26. She has recovered. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
WHO update 37
A 1.5 year old boy from Bangkok became ill on November 5 2005. He recovered. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
WHO update 40
A 5 year old boy from Nakhonnayok province became ill on November 25, 2005. Symptoms included: fever, headache, and productive cough. Examination revealed lobar pneumonia. On December 7, he developed severe pneumonia with adult respiratory distress syndrome and died. H5N1 infection was confirmed. Live virus was observed in this patient's blood.
WHO update 47 | Emerg. Infect. Dis.
2006
A 17 year old boy from Phichit province became ill on July 15 2006 and died on July 24. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
WHO update - 26 July 2006
A 59 year old man from Nong Bua Lam Phu Province became ill on July 14 2006. He died on August 10. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
WHO update - 27 September 2006
A 27 year old man from Uthai Thani province became ill on July 24 2006 and died on August 3. H5N1 infection was confirmed.
WHO update - 7 August 2006
Jan 2008; Chickens; Phichit Province
Bangkok Post | Reuters | OIE
Nov 2008; Chickens; Sukhothai Province, Uthai Thani province
CIDRAP | Inquirer.net | AFP
de Silva, et al. (2009) A preliminary analysis of the epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)v virus infection in Thailand from early outbreak data, June-July 2009. Euro Surveill. 14: pii: 19292
Hinjoy, et al. (2008) Low Frequency of Infection with Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) among Poultry Farmers, Thailand, 2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 14:499-501.
Chutinimitkul et al. (2006) H5N1 influenza A virus and infected human plasma . Emerg Infect Dis.
Korat's first H1N1 fatality in pregnant woman
The Nation, August 20, 2009
Man suspected of contracting bird flu in Thai northeast
Xinhua News, March 3, 2008
New bird flu vaccine may offer broader protection
The Standard, March 3, 2008