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In an article in the current Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2005 Feb; 24(2): 162-166), authors Chokephaibulkit K., Uiprasertkul M., Puthavathana P., Chearskul P., Auewarakul P., Dowell SF., Vanprapar N., suggests a treatment for children with suspected bird flu:

Human infections with avian influenza viruses can be severe and may be harbingers of the evolution of a pandemic strain. We present a patient in Thailand who was infected with influenza A (H5N1) virus. Prominent features included the progression from fever and dyspnea to the acute respiratory distress syndrome in a short period, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia. Establishing the diagnosis for this patient increased public awareness of the virus and was soon followed by a halting of poultry-to-human transmission. On the basis of available data, any child with suspected avian influenza infection should be treated with oseltamivir.

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