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The Ministry of Health has taken the step of publicizing here on its web site, the detailed but anonymised radiological findings of three cases of human H5N1 avian influenza. We do so in the hope that this will improve National and International understanding of this emerging disease. The close monitoring of these 3 cases especially demonstrates how subtle the early radiological findings can be and the value of epidemiological data in assisting clinical interpretation. We again pay our deepest respects to the few families who suffered such tragic losses and acknowledge the professionalism of epidemiologists, veterinologists, doctors, nurses, laboratory and radiological staff at village, district and central level in their efforts to recognize and control this challenging disease. 
These three cases were all laboratory confirmed. The detailed epidemiology h ... Читать дальше »