First Cambodian human case of infection with A/H5 avian influenza

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The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has today reported one further laboratory confirmed case of human infection with H5 avian influenza. The 25-year-old woman was from Kampot Province in Cambodia, where she developed respiratory symptoms on 21 January 2005.

She sought medical care in neighbouring Viet Nam on 27 January and died in Kien Giang Provincial hospital in Viet Nam on 30 January.

Tests undertaken at the Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on 1 February were positive for influenza A/H5. She is the first human case of H5 infection reported from Cambodia.

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