sanjay gupta with a special report from cambodia. >>> hello. welcome. i'm reporting from cambodia. you know, i came here to investigate this medical mystery. and by way of background, this is the part of world that gave us sars, the deadly h5n1 bird flu. almost every deadly strain of bird flu over the years. we started hearing warnings that a deadly new disease, we paid attention. it all started with this dill general doctor noticing something unusual. young patients were coming into his hospital and dying very quickly. within 24 hours. he wrote a letter of warning describing a terrifying picture, a disease that he had never seen before that was nearly 100% lethal. we decided to go to the hospital. it is in the center of the city. >> with the majority have these cases under the age of 3, were seriously ill and many of them had died within 24 hours of admission. >> that's pretty frightening for people to hear. there's a lot of diseases in this part of the world. many parts of the world. to kill that quickly. the back drop is important. the hospital treats thousands of children suffe

many people know about cambodia for the killings fields. the legacy of genocide that in the 1970s left at least two million people dead. even today, they're holding trials for former leaders of the khmer rouge. at age 15, sonal ray was forced to join that terrible army as a child soldier. somehow he found a way to put down his gun, become a healer, and find hope. >> you were ready to fight, to run -- >> his childhood memories are filled with unimaginables. did you see violence -- did you see people getting killed? >> i see my friend and fellow soldier being, you know, killed by -- struck by landmine, blown off their legs. chest gone, head gone, face gone. >> at age 15, sona says he was taken from his family and forced to be a child soldier under the khmer rouge regime. >> i didn't know where my parent -- i had one sister, and i didn't know where they were during that time. >> you were so child, a child soldier at a very violent time. did you ever lose hope? >> hard to have hope that one day i don't have to do this -- i don't have to live li

whether in cambodia or anywhere else in the world. the good news is there hasn't been another confirmed case in over a week. these are tough challenges. but this is a place with people who are used to tough challenges. coming up, a man who was handed an ak-47 at age 15. he went from being a child soldier to learning medicine. ♪ the one and only, cheerios [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. . >>> we are back with sgmd. many people know cambodia for its so-called killing fields. that was that legacy of genocide that in the 1970s left at least 2 million people dead. even today,

cambodia's foreign minister called for unity. even so, the statement issued friday only mentioned basic principles such as solving the south china sea issue peacefully without military force. it didn't mention anything about the standoff between philippine and chinese vessels that lasted more than two months. manila had demanded the incident be included. asean has again failed to solve the central reason for the row. >>> cambodia's economy has moved on from the pol pot era but even today the chaotic past causes lingering problems. one example centers on the construction boom. some households that can't prove they own their land are being forced from their homes. nhk world toshiyuki tarazawa reports. >> reporter: cambodia's economy is growing by more than 5% annually, a sign of the times is a new high-rise buildings, bridges and roads and the construction in the capital city of phnom penh. but there are victims behind the scenes of this large development. the government holds development rights and is forcing out residents opposed

china is cambodia's leading economy supporter. china has invested a lot of amount of money to build infrastructure in cambodia and helped build the prime minister office where the current talk is taking place. so it's questionable how far cambodia can support other asean members like vietnam and philippines against china. the foreign ministry hinted that cambodia will take the middle ground. >> we hope that we believe that both sides have the patience to work together side by side. >> asean is not totally unified on the south china sea issue so it's not clear they will be able to agree on a road map for resolving this dispute peacefully, much diplomatic bargaining is expected in the days ahead. >> thank you. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will join the discussions on thursday at the asean regional forum. on a visit to vietnam on tuesday, she threw her weight behind the proposed code of conduct. >> we look to asean to make rapid progress with china toward an effective code of conduct in order to ensure that as challenges a

about the spread of this outside of cambodia? >> our concern is really to get the diagnosis sorted out as quickly as possible. because then it will be much easier for us to assess how dangerous or not dangerous it is for neighboring countries. >> reporter: now four months after the first case was reported, health officials may be a little bit closer to figuring out exactly what it is. researchers have found an entero virus appearing in samples in more than a dozen of the caveses they have sampled. ev71 was discovered in the 1960s in the u.s. where it was blamed for an outbreak of neurological disease in california. it is associated with hand foot and mouth disease. there is no known treatment for it. the world health organization warns the discovery of ev71 does not mean the problem of the undiagnosed cases has been solved. a lot more analysis and testing is needed. in the meantime, health officials in cambodia are trying to make sure parents with sick children know, if their child is having any of the symptoms, bring the child d

so now cambodia's modest railway line is getting a second lease of life. by 2013 the country wants to reconnect to its neighbor thailand. it's a huge investment in the future. in a country where these days the choice is between tuc tuc and four wheel drive, the return of the railways would be a real alternative. and it would help cut co2 emissions. >> it may not yet look like it yet, but this spot will soon be home to a trans-asian railway. for now, the so-called bamboo train is running. an improvised vehicle made of steel and bamboo, powered by small motors. villagers use them as taxis or to transport goods. these tracks use to connect cambodia with neighboring thailand, all the way to bangkok. now, the tracks end here, 50 kilometers before the thai border. no one knows what happened to the tracks. they vanished during the wars of the 1960s and 70s. at the border crossing poipet, large trucks carry goods between thailand, cambodia and vietnam on congested roads. that's supposed to change. this is the poipet railway station. it's been dormant for years, se

dozens of children in cambodia dying from a mystery illness.anymore, though, thanks to two french doctors that are living there. our dr. sanjay gupta explains how they cracked the case. >> reporter: the only thing doctors knew for sure was when the children arrived at the hospital, they were dying. and fast. a fever, convulsions. and then, the lungs, completely destroyed. since the end of april, doctors in cambodia struggled with a medical mystery. and that mystery was ultimately solved right over here. blood samples from thoek sick and dying children were brought to this laboratory, analyzed, like you see right over there and eventually they concluded that there were different pathogens. all of those infections were made worse by the use of steroids. the crack this case, the lab had to work backyards. first, eliminate known viruses, like sars and avian flu. >> the first thing that goes through your head is, to try to determine whether this is one of the usual suspects that you haven't detected before. if it is, has it mutated or changed in suc

a lot of concern here, obviously, in cambodia.any of these cases came from the southern section of cambodia. the hospital here is a very large, well known hospital for children. that's why you are seeing the number of cases of children's death here. >> understandably there is concern of it spreading overseas. a lot of people go to cambodia, visit there, they might bring it back on an airplane. let's talk about the children. do we know anymore about the children? you mentioned where some of them are from. are they talking a cluster illness, possibly, or is it too soon for that? >> reporter: i'm glad you asked that. we specifically said is there anything or a particular area where it may have started or an area where there are a lot of cases. the answer is no. it's making it much more difficult to pinpoint where it might have started, what might have caused it. a lot of places in the southern part of the country are seeing children presented with these symptoms. we are talking fever, difficulty breathing, respiratory problems, neuro

we're on the story in cambodia. >>> tomorrow dr.y gupta introduces us to a woman hoping to inspire the next generation of innovators on his show "the next list" dr. gupta profiles the founder of something called little bits. it's sort of like the high tech version of lego blocks. >>> i'm an engineer and the founder of little bits. these are little bits. a little bits is a system of electronic modules that snap together with magnets to teach kids about electronics and science and technology. one of my favorite things is seeing the first time people interact with little bits. they take their two pieces, they snap the two pieces together and a light comes on and then suddenly their face lights up. suddenly, you feel like a whole world of imagination opened up to them and they're able to imagine what's possible. >> now that is cool. tune in tomorrow to watch the next list or set your dvr for 2:00 p.m. eastern time. a route map shows you where we go. but not how we get there. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only th

why just cambodia? why is it centralized here?> reporter: you know, you've had various outbreaks around the world over the years. in fact, it probably was in california in the late '60s that you first saw an entero virus 71 outbreaks like this and then outbreaks in taiwan and china. so i think that does happen, and it just happens sporadically. we're not entirely sure what brings it on, but what's a little bit different here is just how quickly the virus is affecting these little kids. i mean, and infecting their lungs like you saw in t picture there. that's the confusing part of this there. the entero virus exists. why it's become so virulent and deadly is harder to figure out. >> just so troubling, as you said, with the little kids being the ones who are infected. dr. sanjay gupta, excellent, excellent work in phnom penh for us live. i want to just add to dr. gupta's report that the world health organization says that the kids who w.h.o. have been infected with this mystery illness. they range in age from 3 months, really tiny k

the unidentified disease has been spreading in central and southern cambodia since april. it infects children, mainly infants age 3 and younger. symptoms include a high fever and in serious cases, pneumonia and encephalitis. the disease is lethal with 56 deaths confirmed so far. a joint investigation by the cambodian government and the w.h.o. found samples of 15 victims tested positive for enterovirus 71, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease similar to conditions affecting the children in cambodia. the health minister says investigations are ongoing and said the government and the w.h.o. hope to conclude their investigation within days. the w.h.o. has ruled out the possibility that the deaths were caused by influenza. it's calling on parents to seek immediate medical assistance if their children show symptoms such as a high fever. >>> many view the u.s. as a land of opportunity. but more than 1.6 million children are homeless. a lot of them live on the streets. others in cars or shelters. but in one large city, a school principal is trying to give homeless children a b

she has been on a whistle stop regional tour before arriving in cambodia. on tuesday she was in vietnam, one of the asean countries currently in dispute with china. there she had the opportunity to hear the opinions of vietnamese leaders about how the united states should face china over the issue. the united states says it wants maritime disputes settled peacefully through diplomatic means but at the same time, it is stipg its ability to respond to the expanded military activities of china. one priority is intensifying surveillance of chinese military vessels. as such, the u.s. navy has decided to employ its most advanced unmanned surveillance aircraft to the region. still under development, the nq4c triton will be based in guam and should be fully operational by the second half of 2015. the triton flies at an altitude of 20 kilometers, much higher than most conventional aircraft. it can collect intelligence across vast areas and will be able to closely monitor the movement of chinese military vessels. >> the reality of it is increased attention to the asi

so far it's only happened in one country, tiny cambodia. diseases don't recognize borders and doctors are feverishly trying to identify this and keep it contained. cnn's sara sidner is in cambodia with the latest. >> reporter: we visited the main hospital where many parents are bringing their children and where many of these children have died due to this mystery syndrome. the world health organization says 56 of the 57 children who have gotten this particular illness have died. we're talking about a very high mortality rate. when we went down to the hospital there are lines of people standing outside but many of them were there for other reasons such as the denge fever or children for example had some respiratory problems. they were not for the most part aware of this new syndrome that seems to be out there that is particularly deadly. that's concerning to those health organizations who are trying to get the word out that if your child has for example fever, that if your child has difficulty breathing or some neurological problems, drowsin

how worried should people in m cambodia be or people traveling to cambodia be? >> well, you know, this is another piece of the puzzle in a way. enterovirus 71, which you just learned about there, typically is contagious. this is a virus you've seen in many parts of the world. you'd expect another child in that same household or a sibling to get it or certainly in the community. that's called clustering. they haven't seen that here, anderson. that's a bit of a mystery. why wouldn't you see that sort of transmissibility? in a way it's good news that it's not contagious the way we'd expect but it also leads to more questions, anderson. >> the number you were talking about, there's a lot of diseases there in cambodia. how do they figure out what this is compared to others? >> yeah, it's a great point. because, you know, you just saw that hospital there. just to give you a little context there were over 4,000 children seen in that hospital last week. and so we're talking about 66 patients in particular, over three months, with this unknown mysterious illness. it can

i am talking about cambodia. children. 64 children died in all. i want to take you live to cambodia right now. dr. sanjay gupta is there and he is finding out what is causing the sickness is one thing. curing it is another. what do we know today? >> reporter: the number 64, that was out of 66 cases. so what we were hearing was a nearly 100% lethal illness here. what we're learning now just over the last day, suzanne, is that in addition to enterovirus 71, we talked about that yesterday, that's the pathogen that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease there were two other pathogens found. this includes the pathogen that causes denge fever something quite common in this country. they have 11,000 cases. the questions they were trying to answer, why were these pathogens so aggressive and leading to the death of these children as you mentioned 24 hours after admission? and one thing the world health organization is pointing to is the use, inappropriate use of steroids in these children. steroids as you may know is a medi

the unidentified disease has been spreading in central and southern cambodia since april. it infects children mainly infants age 3 or younger. symptoms include a high fever and in serious cases, pneumonia and encephalitis. the disease is lethal with 56 deaths confirmed so far. a joint investigation by the cambodian government and the w.h.o. found samples of 15 victims tested positive for enterovirus 71, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease a condition with symptoms similar to those affecting the children in cambodia the health minister says investigations are ongoing and said the government and the w.h.o. hope to conclude their investigation within days. the w.h.o. has ruled out the possibility that the deaths were caused by influenza. it's calling on parents to seek immediate medical assistance if their children show symptoms such as a high fever. >>> tokyo residents are commuting under sunny skies this morning. we find out how long this weather will last and more in the world weather forecast. >> sunny weather will last until tomorrow afternoon. wet weather will retu

on the other side was cambodia, whose top financial supporter is china. it was the first time in asian's 45-year history that the joint failed to issue a jiernt committee. the foreign minister is on a quick trip of three ajeanne members. on first day, he held meetings in cambodia after visit penguin philippines and vietnam on wednesday. cambodia's foreign minister says his government may agree to a joint committee as soon as friday, after consulting with oth assian >> atrong determination to move forward and not to turn back. i have always -- >> indonesia feels a sense of crisis about the state of among assian members. it's taking a role as mediator in order to keep the group yuntd ppd asean will develop the community by 2015. this episode raises concerns about a group's sense of common purpose. nhk world, phnom pen. >>> japan and u.s. forces are preparing against a large-scale disaster that experts say could hit tokyo at the any moment. we have this story. >> reporter: this is what tokyo would look like if it was hit directly by a massive earthquake. it'

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on the other side was cambodia whose top financial supporter is china.t was the first time in asean's 45-year history that the group failed to issue a joint communique. indonesian foreign minister martin is on a quick sweep of the three asean members involved. on thursday, he held meetings in cambodia after visiting the philippines and vietnam on wednesday. cambod cambodia's foreign minister says his government may agree to a joint communique as soon as friday after consulting with other asean members. >> translator: we should maintain our common views and the unity of asean on the south china sea issue. >> i sense a strong determination to move forward and not to turn back. >> reporter: indonesia feels a sense of crisis about the state of relations among asean members. it's taking a role as mediator in order to keep the group united. asean has the goal of establishing an economic community by 2015. this episode rises concerns about a group's sense of common purpose. phin chanda, nhk world, phnom penh. >>> if you lived on this planet for the past decade,

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