All of the cases confirmed by the laboratory are people who had close contact with infected, sick or dead poultry. The major point now is to control the outbreak in poultry as it is the source of infection in humans. |
Any countries in the regions which have situations in the rural areas similar to what we have here in Turkey could obviously have some diseases in animals and potentially in humans and that requires to strengthen surveillance systems both for humans and animals and to take all the measures necessary to control diseases in animals. |
At the moment there is no element in this village indicating human-to-human transmission. It's typically similar to what we have seen so far (in Asia). |
Clearly there was a poor understanding as to how much spread of h5n1 there was in poultry in Turkey. |
Giving it this chance could help create conditions for the emergence of a new virus. |
I have a sense that what is going on in Turkey can be brought under control relatively easily. |
It is worrisome because it shows that the problem is expanding ... the frontline of the disease is getting bigger and this is not good news. |
It seems like it has spread much more widely in animals and in more districts that was initially thought. |
It's clear that the virus is well-established in the region. |
It's unlikely we're dealing with false positives. There's no reason to believe it's wrong. |
The likelihood that some kids in Romania come in contact and play with sick or dead birds is not zero. |
The more humans infected with the avian virus, the more chance it has to adapt. We may be playing with fire. |
The picture is quite clear. We have a situation similar to what we've seen in Asia so far. There are a number of small-size family clusters of disease, including many children that had contact with infected birds, in particular backyard poultry, particularly backyard chickens. |
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it (the girl's) is a human case of H5N1. |
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it is a human case of H5N1. |