柬埔寨的不明疾病殺害60名兒童：世界衛生組織

柬埔寨的不明疾病殺害60名兒童：世界衛生組織
Unknown disease kills 60 children in Cambodia: WHO
July 3, 2012
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Translation by Autumnson Blog

An unidentified disease has killed 60 young children in Cambodia in three months, the World Health Organization said Tuesday as it raced to identify the cause.
一種尚未辨明的疾病在三個月內已殺害柬埔寨60名幼童，世界衛生組織週二表示，它正在競賽以辨明承因。
"The number of deaths reported to WHO is 60 cases and they have all been in young children," said Dr Nima Asgari, a public health specialist for the UN body in Cambodia, adding that the first casualties were reported in April.
“向世衛組織報告的死亡人數為60宗，及他們全都是年幼的孩子，”一位聯合國機構在柬埔寨的的公共健康專家醫生尼瑪阿斯卡里說，補充第一宗傷亡在四月報告。
The WHO is currently working with the Cambodian Ministry of Health "to identify the cause and the route of spread of this disease", he said.
世衛組織目前正在與柬埔寨衛生部工作“以查明原因，及這疾病的傳播途徑”，他說。
With the investigation still at an early stage, Asgari said it was difficult to specify the symptoms, which "include high fever and severe chest disease symptoms, plus in some children there were signs of neurological involvement".

There have been 61 reported cases so far, Asgari said, with just one patient surviving. The victims, all aged seven and under, were admitted to hospitals in the capital Phnom Penh and the northwestern tourist hub of Siem Reap.

In separate comments sent to AFP, the WHO said there were no signs yet of contagion.

"To date, there is no report of any staff or any neighbouring patients to the cases at the hospitals becoming sick with similar symptoms," it said.

Asgari confirmed there was "no cluster of the cases yet" but said the high mortality rate in such a short space of time was worrisome.

"WHO is always concerned about a disease which causes death in such high numbers of children," he told AFP.

Cambodian health ministry officials were not immediately available for comment.

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