Guenael Rodier
Guenael Rodier
compared deaths numbers
Compared to the numbers in Asia, we do not have too many deaths at the moment.
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).
brought control relatively turkey
I have a sense that what is going on in Turkey can be brought under control relatively easily.
human risk romania runs sites
With 31 sites of avian influenza, Romania runs the risk of human contamination at any moment.
case confirm
We don't need to confirm each and every case to confirm the outbreak.
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.
believe dealing false reason unlikely
It's unlikely we're dealing with false positives. There's no reason to believe it's wrong.
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.
clear virus
It's clear that the virus is well-established in the region.
laboratory likely move
We want to see the laboratory (results) before we move on. But she's likely to be a case, unfortunately.
case confident human
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it (the girl's) is a human case of H5N1.
case confident human
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it is a human case of H5N1.
asia backyard children clusters contact family including infected number particular picture quite seen similar situation
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.
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.