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Viewing cable 07VIENTIANE295, AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07VIENTIANE295 2007-04-09 10:16 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Vientiane
VZCZCXRO8344
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHVN #0295/01 0991016
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091016Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1103
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 2154
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 0327
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1007
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0145
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0242
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0125
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1162
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU 0218
RUEHCHI/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 0544
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 7774
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0601
RUEHIN/AIT TAIPEI 0139
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 VIENTIANE 000295 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR G 
DEPT FOR CA/OCS/ACS/EAP 
DEPT FOR EAP/EX 
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS 
DEPT FOR EAP/EP 
DEPT FOR INR 
DEPT FOR OES/STC (BATES) 
DEPT FOR OES/IHA (SINGER AND COMELLA) 
DEPT FOR MED 
DEPT FOR H 
 
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE AND GH (CARROLL, CLEMENTS, AND 
JENNINGS) 
 
STATE PASS TO USTR (BISBEE) 
 
STATE PASS TO HHS/OGHA (WSTEIGER, ELVANDER, AND ABHAT) 
 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
 
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA/AP (STERN) 
 
BANGKOK FOR RMO, DCD, USAID (MACARTHUR AND BRADY) 
 
ROME FOR RAO 
 
USPACOM ALSO FOR FPA HUSO 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
ETRD, LA 
SUBJECT:  AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 
 
 
VIENTIANE 00000295  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
1.  SUMMARY:  There have been no new human avian influenza (AI) 
cases or bird outbreaks since the last report.  Massive culling in 
Vientiane municipality was completed on March 16.  The World 
Bank-assisted compensation program is paying poultry owners sixty 
percent of the market value of culled birds.  The second of two 
human cases of avian influenza (both were fatalities) was confirmed 
by testing in Japan.  Embassy officers participated in two 
ceremonies handing over protective equipment to the Government of 
Laos (GOL) for use in culling operations and hospitals.  The U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) hosted Laos' first-ever workshop on 
surveillance for AI in wild birds.  End summary. 
 
Current Avian Influenza Status 
------------------------------ 
 
2.  There have been no new human cases or bird outbreaks since the 
last report. 
 
3.  Massive culling and post-culling disinfection took place in 
seven of Vientiane municipality's nine districts, ending on March 
16.  Intensive monitoring for human and bird AI cases continued 
until March 30.  Culling greatly exceeded initial expectations of 
150,000 birds.  Dr. Bounkong Phichit, Vice Minister of Public 
Health, told DCM and Embassy Infectious Diseases Coordinator on 
March 27 that over 500,000 birds were culled during a two-week 
period.  At a March 27 meeting at the National Avian and Human 
Influenza Coordinating Office (NAHICO), district representatives 
said that public cooperation had been critical to the success of 
this decisive action, particularly since 80% of poultry stocks are 
associated with "backyard" production. 
 
Compensation for Culled Birds 
----------------------------- 
 
4.  The World Bank has provided $350,000 to the program to 
compensate owners of culled poultry.  Additionally, the GOL will 
provide 20 billion kip (approximately US$2 million) from the central 
treasury toward this action.  A reimbursement listing is being 
published that will approximate 60% of the market value 
(pre-outbreak conditions) for various birds and bird products: 
25,000 ($2.50) kip/kilogram for fighting-cocks (which have a market 
value in Thailand approximating $300), 45,000 kip ($4.50) for 
egg-producing chickens, etc.  The 60% figure is lower than the 70% 
compensation that World Bank representatives told us they expected 
 
VIENTIANE 00000295  002.2 OF 003 
 
 
would be paid, and which they described as the worldwide standard 
for ensuring public compliance. 
 
5.  Discussions between Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 
World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control 
(CDC), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and local district 
government staff at NAHICO addressed the issue of "safe consumption" 
of poultry products, i.e. bringing poultry meat from non-affected 
outbreak areas to the market places for general consumption. 
Participants outlined safeguards like stamping of chickens and 
establishing mechanisms to ensure only "safe" products were made 
available.  Hampering efforts was the acknowledged absence of any 
type of processing facilities in each district to manage inspection 
actions. 
 
Confirmation of Past Case 
------------------------- 
 
6.  On March 16, the National Institute for Infectious Diseases 
(NIID), Japan, provided confirmation regarding the second (of two) 
human cases of H5N1.  (Both were fatalities.)  This case was 
identified H5-positive using two primers by RT-PCR testing at the 
National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology (NCLE), representing 
Laos' first detection of H5 without outside assistance aside from 
the quality assurance and confirmation that NIID provided.  This 
also represents a US CDC success, since Laos' in-country diagnostic 
capabilities are such that it is now a participant in the WHO 
Worldwide Influenza Surveillance Network. (Note for specialists: 
The sequencing carried out using specimen taken from the second H5N1 
case in Laos and provided to NIID by NCLE provided the following 
information: the sequence was 100% identical to that of 
A/Laos/JP085/2007 (the first Lao human case of H5N1), belonging to 
Clade 2.3.  Testing results to-date at NCLE of 150 patient specimens 
tested (from 180 received) has yielded 2 H5s, 10 H3s, and 9 FLU Bs. 
End note.) 
 
Equipment Handovers 
------------------- 
 
7.  On March 21, the Embassy Infectious Diseases Coordinator turned 
over 5,000 units of protective equipment and 100 
sprayer/disinfection kits provided by USAID to the Department of 
Livestock and Fisheries (DLF), National Animal Health Center.  The 
USG partnered with the FAO in this action.  Dr Bounkhuang 
 
VIENTIANE 00000295  003.2 OF 003 
 
 
Khambounheung, Director General of the DLF, expressed great 
appreciation for the rapid response of the USG in satisfying 
critical needs as expressed by the GOL in responding to the current 
AI outbreak conditions. 
 
8.  On March 21, the DCM and Infectious Diseases Coordinator 
partnered with WHO-Laos in turning over $77,000 worth of protective 
equipment stocks intended to protect hospital staffs receiving 
"suspect" human cases of AI.  Dr Dong Il Ahn, WHO Country 
Representative, applauded the CDC-WHO collaboration in helping the 
GOL respond to the current AI crisis, citing the first two human 
deaths in Laos that occurred in February and March 2007.  Dr 
Bounkong Phichit, Vice Minister of Public Health, voiced his 
appreciation, once again, for the outstanding assistance being 
provided by the GOL.  Both of the handover ceremonies received good 
press coverage. 
 
Wild Birds Surveillance Workshop 
-------------------------------- 
 
9.  The USDA hosted the first-ever Avian Influenza in Wild Birds 
Surveillance Workshop held in Laos.  The Wildlife Conservation 
Society helped organize the workshop.  Mr Veune Vang Bouttalat, 
Director General, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Forestry and 
Agriculture, highlighted the importance of USG and GOL cooperation 
in hosting this event.  The Embassy Infectious Diseases Coordinator 
cited the strong partnerships between the USG and its representative 
agencies, FAO, and the Department of Forestry in establishing 
strategies to monitor wild bird populations for AI, and assess their 
impact on the spread of AI into domestic (poultry and duck) 
populations.  Also noted was the importance of balancing 
surveillance and containment of AI in wild bird populations and 
conservation concerns. 
 
HASLACH