Aphaluck Bhatiasevi Quotations

There is a likelihood that they were exposed to infected poultry but there were no obvious signs of large poultry die-offs to indicate that poultry in those areas had been infected.

China has learned from the SARS experience and has been more open and more willing to respond to disease outbreaks.

If a person is infected with a human influenza and also contracts avian influenza ... the two kinds of influenza could mix and re-assort themselves into a more dangerous strain that could cause easy human-to-human transmission,

We'll likely see more cases this coming winter. It's not surprising. If there are more outbreaks, it means there is the likelihood of transmissions to humans.

We don't know whether the use of vaccines is reducing the viral load and not causing birds to die, or if the birds may continue to shed virus without symptoms. We don't know if the virus is adapting itself into the poultry.

Today, we saw a son who was extremely distressed at the guilt he feels for not having been able to save his father from the force of the tsunami. Such people urgently need a support system to help them cope with this traumatic experience.

The recent cases that we've seen are cases reported in areas where no poultry outbreaks have been reported, but this does not mean that they were not exposed to infected poultry.

Poultry was also sold in that market, but we don't know her likely exposure at the moment.

As of Wednesday, we haven't seen further outbreaks or human infections.