Cambodia: A family cluster of infection with A(H5N1) in humans
24 February, 2023
The Cambodia Ministry of Health reports that an 11-year-old in Roleang village, Prey Veng province has died after contracting H5N1 avian influenza (Clade 2.3.2.1c). The girls started to show symptoms on February 16, received treatment in the village for three days without improving before being transferred to the National Paediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh on February 21. She died the next day.
According to the Ministry of health of Cambodia, samples were taken from 12 people, four of whom developed respiratory symptoms. One of these samples was positive to A(H5N1), a 49-year-old man, the father of the 11-year-old girl. He did not have any significant symptoms. According to a media report, the family reported deaths of backyard poultry.
