| risk parameters of fulminant acute respiratory distress syndrome and avian influenza (h5n1) infection in vietnamese children. | a clinical picture of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards) induced by highly pathogenic avian influenza a (h5n1) has been reported. we reviewed 37 sets of clinical data for pediatric patients with ards at the national hospital of pediatrics (hanoi, vietnam); 12 patients with h5n1-positive and 25 with h5n1-negative ards were enrolled. the h5n1-negative patients had a clinical picture and mortality rate similar to that for the pediatric ards patients. however, the h5n1-positive ... | 2009 | 19591579 |
| human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (h5n1) in northern vietnam, 2004-2005. | we performed a retrospective case-series study of patients with influenza a (h5n1) admitted to the national institute of infectious and tropical diseases in hanoi, vietnam, from january 2004 through july 2005 with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection, a history of high-risk exposure or chest radiographic findings such as pneumonia, and positive findings for a/h5 viral rna by reverse transcription-pcr. we investigated data from 29 patients (mean age 35.1 years) of whom 7 (24.1%) had died ... | 2009 | 19116044 |
| avian influenza in vietnam: chicken-hearted consumers? | this study, based on quantitative and qualitative surveys conducted from july 2004 to september 2005, examines the perceptions of hanoi consumers and their reactions to the avian influenza epizootic (h5n1). hanoi consumers clearly link the risk of human contamination by the virus to the preparation and ingestion of poultry. during the first crisis, consumers reacted quickly and intensely (74% of them had already stopped eating poultry in january 2004). nevertheless, once the crisis abated, they ... | 2008 | 18419660 |
| avian influenza a (h5n1) in 10 patients in vietnam. | recent outbreaks of avian influenza a (h5n1) in poultry throughout asia have had major economic and health repercussions. human infections with this virus were identified in vietnam in january 2004. | 2004 | 14985470 |
| live poultry exposures, hong kong and hanoi, 2006. | since 1997, the largest epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (h5n1) ever recorded has caused 172 human and several billion bird deaths. recently administered questionnaires determined that live poultry exposures have declined by approximately 63% in hong kong since 2004 and that, in vietnam, domestic backyard exposures to poultry are likely more important than retail exposures. | 2007 | 18214181 |