Guenael Rodier
Guenael Rodier
laboratory likely move
We want to see the laboratory (results) before we move on. But she's likely to be a case, unfortunately.
cases close confirmed contact control dead infection laboratory major people point poultry sick source
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.
clear virus
It's clear that the virus is well-established in the region.
element far moment seen similar village
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).
birds dealing domestic found higher issue poultry problem risk start
As long as we're dealing only with migratory birds being found here and there, I don't think it's a big deal, frankly. The big issue is if we start to have domestic poultry infected. Then it would start to be a problem ... a higher risk for transmission to humans.
chance humans infected playing
The more humans infected with the avian virus, the more chance it has to adapt. We may be playing with fire.
compared deaths numbers
Compared to the numbers in Asia, we do not have too many deaths at the moment.
animals areas both control countries diseases humans measures necessary obviously regions requires rural similar situations strengthen systems turkey
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.
brought control relatively turkey
I have a sense that what is going on in Turkey can be brought under control relatively easily.
believe birds cases expect takes time virus
We do expect to see some (more human) cases because it takes time before the virus in birds has completely disappeared ... but we believe it is going down daily.
animals districts initially seems spread widely
It seems like it has spread much more widely in animals and in more districts that was initially thought.
believe dealing false reason unlikely
It's unlikely we're dealing with false positives. There's no reason to believe it's wrong.
bigger disease expanding good problem shows
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.
case confident human
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it (the girl's) is a human case of H5N1.