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On 22 January 2013, after receiving information from Ministry of Health on a girl aged 17 living in Snau village who was reported dead and confirmed infected with H5N1, an investigation team from the National Veterinary Research Institute (NaVRI) of the Department of Animal Health and Production (DAHP) went to the village to investigate and [...]
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department received notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that there have been outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a village in Cambodia.
The CFS announced that import of poultry eggs from Cambodia is banned with immediate effect [...]
Cambodia | 17 July 2012
From April to early July 2012 an unusual number and pattern of fatalities among young children were reported by Kantha Bopa Children’s Hospital in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh [1,2]. The patients presented with fever, respiratory distress and signs of encephalitis, and most of the children were under 3 years old.
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Kampong Chhnang Province | 20120405
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
The 6 year-old female from Kampong Chhnang Province developed symptoms on 22 March 2012. After initial treatment at the village, she was later admitted to hospital [...]
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