EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

[Theresa42]

Google-translated from Arabic:

Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza
Nov 17, 2006

Wrote Sanaa and Hisham Mustafa Excerpts: Detained University Hospital three children and became a factor on suspicion of injury epidemic of avian influenza are Faten Ahmed Shawki and her sister Mannar and شيماء neighbor, Mohammed Mustafa, Mr. ?? worker injured children and group pneumonia and a sharp decline in the heart and lost all awareness was withdrawn from the infected samples to be sent to labs Center Yeh Ministry of Health. The working group is charged with following up the bird flu moving to the houses of the injured and withdrawal of samples from birds to be sent to the Animal Research Institute forum.

The Prime Minister Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population restriction of casualties among birds in the farms, homes and the stability of the incidence of human beings in only 15 cases, including seven women died since last February. Shaheen pointed to the lack of H5N1 disease from an infected person to the sound. Dr. Nasr El-Sayyed, head of the preventive Affairs and the Ministry of Health endemic in the symposium first briefing on the avian influenza quickly directed educators [farmers/keepers of poultry] to the hospital in case of any symptoms of avian flu or the emergence of pneumonia without concealing the truth.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=1859&type=first&PHPSESSID=8f6f8f879dc3c027680eacde0eff7754

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

Better machine-translation of that first paragraph above (the Google translator is still a bit rough around the edges) >>

The university hospital in Suhaj detained 3 children and a factor for the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu epidemic and they are Faten Ahmed Shawqi, its sister Manar and Shaimaa and their neighbour Mohamed Al Sayed "a worker" the child and the worker was injured by a pneumonia and a sharp descent in the heart and lost the awareness - drawing samples took place from the injured to be seen the center in the Ministry of Health. And the work group responsible for the follow-up of bird flu has moved to the injured houses And drawing samples from the birds is for their sending to a research institute the animal in Doqqi.


Edit: Suhaj governorate >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaj_Governorate

[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

Better machine-translation of that first paragraph above (the Google translator is still a bit rough around the edges) >>

The university hospital in Suhaj detained 3 children and a factor for the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu epidemic and they are Faten Ahmed Shawqi, its sister Manar and Shaimaa and their neighbour Mohamed Al Sayed "a worker" the child and the worker was injured by a pneumonia and a sharp descent in the heart and lost the awareness - drawing samples took place from the injured to be seen the center in the Ministry of Health. And the work group responsible for the follow-up of bird flu has moved to the injured houses And drawing samples from the birds is for their sending to a research institute the animal in Doqqi.


Edit: Suhaj governorate >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaj_Governorate

Does the above translation indicate that two are already unconscious?

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

Does the above translation indicate that two are already unconscious?

I think so -- I am pretty certain that's what the "lost the awareness" phrase means.

So, I think it's the first child mentioned -- Faten Ahmed Shawqi -- and the worker -- Mohamed Al Sayed -- that are not conscious.

[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11160602/H5N1_Suhaj_4.html

[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - "Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza"

Four Egyptians were admitted to hospital Thursday in the southern governorate of Sohag on suspicion of contracting the bird flu virus, according to newspaper reports Friday.

The victims ranged between nine months and 18 years and were sent to the Sohag general hospital and the regional university hospital.

Blood samples were taken from the four and sent to be tested in the central labs of the ministry of health.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_3439...-In-Egypt.html

[MHSC]

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Four Suspect H5N1 Patients Hospitalized in Suhaj Egypt
Recombinomics Commentary
November 16, 2006

The university hospital in Suhaj detained 3 children and a factor for the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu epidemic and they are Faten Ahmed Shawqi, its sister Manar and Shaimaa and their neighbour Mohamed Al Sayed "a worker" the child and the worker was injured by a pneumonia and a sharp descent in the heart and lost the awareness -

The above translation desscribes four suspect H5N1 bird flu patients hospitalized in central Egypt. Two patients are already unconcious, and the cluster includes three siblings and a neighbor.

Clusters in Egypt are cause for concern. The HA from a recent fatality had M230I, which matches all three seasonal flu's (Influenza A H3N2 and H1N1 as well as Influenza B. The change creates five consecutive amino acids (QSGRI) that match the receptor binding domain of infleunza B, raising ocnerns of increased human-to-human transmission.

In addition, the Qinghai strain of H5N1 has PB2 E627K and recently released sequences from patients in Egypt earlier this year has S227N, as did two of the four isolates from Turkey. Moreover, today's Nature paper describes two additional polymorphims, N186K and Q196R, which increase receptor binding and were found in patients in Azerbaijan and Iraq. Those patients were also from clusters involving human-to-human transmission.

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[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Better machine-translation of that first paragraph above (the Google translator is still a bit rough around the edges) >>

The university hospital in Suhaj detained 3 children and a factor for the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu epidemic and they are Faten Ahmed Shawqi, its sister Manar and Shaimaa and their neighbour Mohamed Al Sayed "a worker" the child and the worker was injured by a pneumonia and a sharp descent in the heart and lost the awareness - drawing samples took place from the injured to be seen the center in the Ministry of Health. And the work group responsible for the follow-up of bird flu has moved to the injured houses And drawing samples from the birds is for their sending to a research institute the animal in Doqqi.


Edit: Suhaj governorate >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaj_Governorate

Is the "worker" a culler?

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Is the "worker" a culler?

I don't know. The word gets translated as simply "a worker" and there's no indications in the news article as to what sort of worker. Could mean anything from a laborer to a culler -- who knows.

The word in Arabic is عامل -- and it's interesting to note that it appears in quotes in the article like this: "عامل". Dunno what the significance of that is either, unfortunately.

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Sounds like the 4 cases in Sohag have tested neg...

Google-translated from Arabic:

New hotbeds of avian influenza in Menoufia, Port Said
Nov 22, 2006

Sana, Mustafa wrote: Announced yesterday that the National Committee to confront disease avian flu headed by Dr. Hatim al-Jabali, minister of health and population infected with the emergence of new hotbeds of avian influenza in the Governorates of Menoufia, Alexandria indicate the emergence of the virus in birds in the household Alordian Alexandria between pen Obat deceased was a lady inside her house. Dr Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health and added that the discovery of a new positive Menoufiya Governorate of chickens infected بانفلونزا Obat domestic birds in the new facility status Albajor and teams from the Ministry of Health and veterinary services and the police to execute all birds in infected hot WittTahir places Educational birds and checking Almkhalten were sent samples of dead birds around the central labs to the Health Ministry spokesman also announced that the 7 ?? suspected human cases in the presence of avian flu was negative outcome, the cases have been booked in hospitals Sohag, Giza and Port Said.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=2385&type=first&PHPSESSID=4748c73d1aac980b5c978a542f490b3d

[MHSC]

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I know there is no way for us to know at this point, but I wonder how many of these negative results are due to early treatment with Tamiflu.

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Same article as in post #10 -- better machine-translation ... I'm just assuming that the 4 suspects from Sohag (Suhaj) are included in this "7" that have tested neg, although that's not actually spelled out here ....

New foci to the bird flu in Monofiya and Port Said

She wrote - Sanaa Mostafa:

Yesterday the national committee for the confrontation of the bird flu disease with the presidency of doctor Hatem declared the mountain the Minister of Health and the citizens are the appearance of new foci injured by the bird flu in the governorates of Monofiya and Alexandria they become clear the appearance of virus in house birds in the rosy region in Alexandria between chicken and ducks one of the women raise them inside its [her] house.

He stated that doctor Abdul Rahman Shahin the spokesman to the Ministry of Health and he added that the discovery of a positive new site took place in Monoufia Governate to chicken and house ducks injured by the bird flu in the new facility in a district El Bajour and groups from the Ministry of Health, the veterinary services and the police have executed of all of the present birds in the injured foci and cleansing the places of Al Tew upbringing and he examined the contacts and sending samples took place from the associates by the dead birds to the central laboratories in the Ministry of Health as the spokesman declared that the "7" the humanity conditions suspect of their injury by the bird flu disease their results came a negative and was the conditions have been reserved in the hospitals of Suhaj governorates, Giza and Port Said.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=2385&type=first&PHPSESSID=4748c73d1aac980b5c978a542f490b3d

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Egyptian Patient

Egypt reported a suspected new human case in the central city of Sohag, the Al-Ghomhuria newspaper reported today, without saying where it got the information. A 25-year-old woman was transferred to the hospital for treatment, the newspaper said.

Last Updated: November 23, 2006 08:14 EST

Full article at:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asSRGLbegCik&refer=us

update from Bloomberg November 23, 2006 08:45 EST :

The country's health ministry said it found a new outbreak of avian influenza in poultry in the northern governorate of Mounifiya, the state-run Middle East News Agency reported.

The ministry slaughtered all the poultry in the area and took samples from people who came in contact with the infected birds, MENA reported.

this is a confirmation of post # 12 by Theresa42

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Egypt reported a suspected new human case in the central city of Sohag, the Al-Ghomhuria newspaper reported today, without saying where it got the information. A 25-year-old woman was transferred to the hospital for treatment, the newspaper said.

Wonder if this woman is related at all to the 3 kids or the "worker" from Sohag?

Well spotted, Dutchy!

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - &quot;Suspicion in injuries to four persons avian influenza&quot;

Egypt reported a suspected new human case in the central city of Sohag, the Al-Ghomhuria newspaper reported today, without saying where it got the information. A 25-year-old woman was transferred to the hospital for treatment, the newspaper said.

The story from Al-Ghomhuria...

Machine-translated from Arabic:

The bird flu is tribal and marine
Suspicion condition in Suhaj and a positive site in the lake
Nov 23, 2006

A new suspicion condition appeared by the bird flu disease in Suhaj .. Its name house lord Wafaa Abdul Salam was injured by it "25 years" from Salamon village Tema district and transferred Suhaj adenoids .. And in El-Behera Governorate the discovery of a positive site took place to house birds injured by the bird flu the confirmation of its positivity took place in the central laboratory in the Ministry of Health .. The site is in Al Fakharani's village Delingat district and there are no symptoms on the contacts.

http://212.103.160.28/algomhuria/2006/11/23/fpage/detail07.shtml