Outbreak unlikely after death of Cambodian woman in Chachoengsao

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Outbreak unlikely after death of Cambodian woman
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Cambodian woman who died in Chachoengsao province had meningococcal disease, according to provincial governor Anukul Tangkhananukulchai and provincial health officials.

The woman died on March 4 after she was admitted into Bhudda-Sothorn Hospital in Muang district with meningococcal-liked symptoms. The lab test results affirmed that she had the meningococcal bacteria type B - which used to be the strain found most in Thailand. The woman's death had not yet been regarded as an outbreak so the public was told not to panic.

Bhudda-Sothorn Hospital director Dr Weerasak Anutara-angkun said the fact that the woman worked at a local restaurant didn't mean she had spread the illness because this bacteria dies within five minutes. So, the disease cannot spread so easily except in the case of close exposure to the patient's bodily liquid. He said this particular germ could be found in normal bodied people but does not cause illness if the persons' immune system is normal.

"The disease's incubation period was about two days or up to 10 days. If there was an outbreak, we would have heard about a new patient by now, almost 10 days later, hence we believe there is no outbreak in Chachoengsao," he added.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Outbreak-unlikely-after-death-of-Cambodian-woman-30255678.html


-- The Nation 2015-03-10

[maidee]

"not yet been regarded as an outbreak so the public was told not to panic."

so in thailand, the best way to avoid an EPIDEMIC, is to tell the public not to panic

that will work ...

lol

[ToddinChonburi]

Same stuff everywhere they need an outbreak before they tell anybody.

[96tehtarp]

"The disease's incubation period was about two days or up to 10 days. If there was an outbreak, we would have heard about a new patient by now, almost 10 days later, hence we believe there is no outbreak in Chachoengsao," he added.

The OP is pretty clear, straight forward and easy to understand. There is no reason to suspect an outbreak as there have been no new cases.

As a side note, Meningococcal disease is vaccine treatable. Anyone travelling to rural Myanmar or Cambodia may want to investigate this possibility. I got a case of the measles from (I think) Myawaddy in Myanmar, and although I had been vaccinated against measles decades ago I still got a fairly severe case.