KARAKTERISTIK EPIDEMIOLOGI KASUS-KASUS FLU BURUNG DI INDONESIA JULI 2005-OKTOBER 2006
Daftar Isi:
- Influenza A (H5N1) human cases started to he reported since 1997. In Indonesia, the first human cases were reported in July 2005, as a cluster consisted of a father and two daughters; two of them were fatal confirmed cases. As of 31 October 2006, 72 cases have heen identified (25 were classified into 10 cluster) with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 76.4%. The patients were from 9 (27%) of the 33 provinces in Indonesia. The ratio between male and female patients was 4 to 3. with an extremely high CFR of the women (87%). Most patients were of young adult ages, 39% of them were less than 15 years old. Indirect and direct contact with sick or dead poultry was reported from 81% of these confirmed cases.