Guest Guest Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05220604...an_Cluster.html Suspect H5N1 Bird Flu Cluster in Iran Recombinomics Commentary May 22, 2006 Samples from two dead patients in the northwestern Iranian city of Kermanshah have been sent to international laboratories to be tested for the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus, the ISNA students news agency reported on Monday. ISNA quoted a doctor at Kermanshah's medical university as saying four patients had been tested, two of whom had died and one of whom was in a critical condition. The above comments on a suspect H5N1 bird flu cluster in northwest Iran is cause for concern. Dates are not included ad potential relationship between patients is not given, but a geographical cluster in Iran near the prior large clusters in Turkey and Azerbaijan is cause for concern. The Turkey outbreak was linked to S227N and H9N2 is still endemic in the area, offering additional opportunities fro recombination with H5N1 which migrates through the area when returning to siberiua for the summer. http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05220605..._Confirmed.html H5N1 Bird Flu Cluster in Iran Confirmed Recombinomics Commentary May 22, 2006 Tests in Iran on the bodies of a 41-year-old man and his 26-year-old sister showed they had the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, an Iranian medical official who requested anonymity told Reuters on Monday. He said serum samples would be sent abroad for further The above comments confirm a familial H5N1 bird flu cluster in Iran. These are the first human cases reported in Iran. At least two additional patients are hospitalized with symptoms, and one is in critical condition. The disease onset dates would be useful as would any relationship between the two fatal cases and the two hospitalized patients. Link to comment
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