Fever and respiratory are all medullary. Respiratory is about fourth vertebra. A mutant to SARS?
Any kind of lung infection could be secondary to respiratory suppression.
Ingested possibly. Logistics of the sick before the illness might prove to a clue.
I be doing more than serum forensics at this point. Saying it was a water source would be an easy way out. Three year old immune systems are not necessarily ready for protection against the world either if there is a new contaminant.
Storms? Typhoon-1 PAKHAR (29 MAR-01 APR) (click here)
The storm could have carried something into the region.
Date: 29 MAR-01 APR 2012
Typhoon-1 PAKHAR
Below are the locations the storm passed over. It could have picked up something from land or ocean. That is the best I can offer, I am sorry it is not helpful.
1 9.70 112.30 03/29/00Z 30 - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 9.80 112.00 03/29/06Z 35 - TROPICAL STORM
2 9.80 112.00 03/29/06Z 35 - TROPICAL STORM
3 9.90 111.70 03/29/12Z 45 - TROPICAL STORM
4 9.80 111.70 03/29/18Z 55 - TROPICAL STORM
5 9.70 111.30 03/30/00Z 65 - TYPHOON-1
6 9.70 111.00 03/30/06Z 65 - TYPHOON-1
7 9.70 110.60 03/30/12Z 65 - TYPHOON-1
8 9.70 110.30 03/30/18Z 65 - TYPHOON-1
9 9.50 110.10 03/31/00Z 60 - TROPICAL STORM
10 9.50 109.80 03/31/06Z 60 - TROPICAL STORM
11 9.30 109.20 03/31/12Z 55 - TROPICAL STORM
13 9.80 108.90 04/01/00Z 40 - TROPICAL STORM
14 10.00 108.30 04/01/06Z 40 - TROPICAL STORM
15 10.90 107.40 04/01/12Z 35 - TROPICAL STORM
16 11.50 106.70 04/01/18Z 35 - TROPICAL STORMFifty-six children have died so far in Cambodia (click title to entry - thank you) from an "undiagnosed syndrome", the Cambodian Ministry of Health and WHO (World Health Organization) announced on Friday. Initially, health officials placed the death toll at 61 children - and recently revised the figure to 56. WHO added that 74 cases of children being hospitalized with this mystery illness from April to 5th July 2012 have been identified.
Most of the patients are under three years of age, and mainly from southern and central Cambodia. Many of them have been admitted to Kantha Bopha Children's hospital, Phnom Penh, a reference pediatric hospital....
The Gamma Globulin could help fight the secondary effects of a virus until it runs its course. Maybe. There was an anti-virus in the USA long time ago. I am thinking the early 1990s. It was transmitted by mice. Sometimes the only way for survival was to treat the symptoms. The patients were admitted to telemetry units to monitor high heart rates and placed on cooling blankets. There were IVs for hydration. They survived it. The youngest I saw was a nine year old and she lived through it. When she was admitted, so was her father. They both survived. Then they were examined for lingering effects, heart disease, etc. Their immune system never needed Gamma, but, a three year old might.
Avian influenza - situation in Cambodia
9 February 2011 - The Ministry of Health of Cambodia (click here) has announced a new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
The 5 year old female, from Prek Leap village, Sangkat Prek Leap, Khan Reussey Keo, Phnom Penh, developed symptoms on 29 January, was admitted to a hospital on 3 February and died 12 hours following admission . The presence of H5N1 virus in nasopharyngeal specimens was confirmed by Institut Pasteur, the National Influenza Centre in Cambodia. The case had been in contact with sick poultry during the 7 days before onset of symptoms.
The Ministry of Health has been coordinating the response. Actions have included contact tracing, collecting specimens from suspected cases, and providing oseltamivir prophylaxis to close contacts; active surveillance and joint investigation with animal health authorities; community education; and public communications coordination with the assistance of WHO.
Of the 11 cases of human H5N1 virus infection confirmed since 2005 in Cambodia, 9 have been fatal....
Good luck.
Good luck.
