Missed H5N1 case amid Indonesian samples crisis persists
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The World Health Organization is linking the death of two members of the same Indonesian family to H5N1 avian influenza, even though only one of the cases underwent confirmatory testing, while samples from the second were never taken. Only one of the two cases will thus enter the WHO's official records, bringing the total in that country to 103 cases and 82 deaths.