第1745期:Girl Dies from Bird Flu in Cambodia

An 11-year-old girl has died in Cambodia of bird flu. Health officials say it was the country’s first known human infection of bird flu since 2014. The virus, officially known as H5N1, usually spreads among different kinds of poultry. Most human cases of bird flu have involved direct contact with infected poultry. The girl who died lived in a rural part of southeastern Cambodia. She became sick on February 16 and was sent to a hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh, to be treated. She had suffered with a fever of up to 39 degrees Celsius, as well as a cough and throat pain. The girl died shortly after being admitted to the hospital, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said in a statement.一名 11 岁的女孩在柬埔寨死于禽流感。卫生官员表示，这是该国自 2014 年以来已知的首例人类感染禽流感的病例。这种病毒的正式名称为 H5N1，通常在不同种类的家禽中传播。大多数禽流感人类病例都涉及与受感染家禽的直接接触。死者住在柬埔寨东南部的农村地区。她于2月16日生病，被送往首都金边的一家医院接受治疗。她发烧高达 39 摄氏度，并伴有咳嗽和喉咙痛。柬埔寨卫生部在一份声明中说，这名女孩在被送往医院后不久就死亡了。Health workers took samples from a dead wild bird found in an area near the girl's home, the ministry said. It said teams in the area would also warn local people about touching dead and sick birds. Health Minister Mam Bunheng warned the public that bird flu presents an especially high risk to children who may be working around poultry or collecting eggs from animals. Signs of H5N1 infection are similar to that of other flus, including cough, body aches and a high temperature. In serious cases, patients can develop life-threatening pneumonia. Cambodia had 56 human cases of H5N1 from 2003 through 2014. Of those cases, 37 were deadly, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.卫生部说，卫生工作者从女孩家附近发现的一只死野鸟身上采集了样本。它说该地区的团队还将警告当地人不要接触死鸟和病鸟。卫生部长 Mam Bunheng 警告公众，禽流感对可能在家禽周围工作或从动物身上收集鸡蛋的儿童构成特别高的风险。 H5N1 感染的症状与其他流感相似，包括咳嗽、身体疼痛和发烧。在严重的情况下，患者可能会发展为危及生命的肺炎。从 2003 年到 2014 年，柬埔寨有 56 例 H5N1 人类病例。据世界卫生组织 (WHO) 报道，在这些病例中，有 37 例是致命的。Worldwide, about 870 human infections and 457 deaths have been reported to the WHO in 21 countries. But the spreading rate then slowed, with about 170 infections and 50 deaths in the last seven years. Earlier this month, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern about bird flu infections in other mammals, including minks, otters, foxes and sea lions. “H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years, but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely,” he warned.在全球范围内，已有 21 个国家向 WHO 报告了约 870 例人类感染和 457 例死亡。但随后传播速度放缓，在过去七年中约有 170 人感染，50 人死亡。本月早些时候，世卫组织总干事谭德塞对水貂、水獭、狐狸和海狮等其他哺乳动物感染禽流感表示担忧。 “H5N1 在野生鸟类和家禽中广泛传播了 25 年，但需要密切监测最近向哺乳动物的蔓延，”他警告说。In January, a 9-year-old girl in Ecuador became the first reported case of human infection in Latin America and the Caribbean. She was treated with antiviral medicine. Tedros said earlier this month that the WHO still considers the risk to humans from bird flu quite low. But he warned that this could change in the future and he urged officials in areas of concern to prepare for possible outbreaks. Tedros advised people not to touch dead or sick wild animals and for countries to strengthen their monitoring efforts in areas where people and animals make contact.1 月，厄瓜多尔一名 9 岁女童成为拉丁美洲和加勒比地区报告的第一例人类感染病例。她接受了抗病毒药物治疗。谭德塞本月早些时候表示，世界卫生组织仍然认为禽流感对人类的风险很低。但他警告说，这种情况在未来可能会发生变化，他敦促有关地区的官员为可能爆发的疫情做好准备。谭德塞建议人们不要接触死亡或生病的野生动物，并建议各国加强对人与动物接触地区的监测工作。

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