Two new cases of A(H5N1) have just been announced in
Cambodia [1], meanwhile it seems that Viet Nam is not reporting A(H5N1) cases as
required by IHR. In a current article in
Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers report on an asymptomatic subclinical
A(H5N1) case from Viet Nam from 2011 [2]. This case was discovered by
contact tracing of family members of a 40-year-old man who was apparently infected
with A(H5N1) and died. While the article discusses the subclinical case, few
details about the 2011 index case-patient
are presented in the article nor is there a reference. A review of the World Health Organization (WHO)
cumulative table of A(H5N1) cases [3] shows that Viet Nam did not report any
A(H5N1) cases to WHO in 2011. Was the
index case-patient ever reported to WHO?
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