Egypt: New Case of H5N1 in Helwan Gov. - Case #97

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97 discovery of a case of infection from bird flu

Monday, February 8, 2010 - 18:52
Ministry of Health announced the discovery of human infection No. (97) bird flu on Monday, a man in the governorate of Helwan.

The press statement of the Ministry of Health, the date of onset of disease, January 31, 2010, then entered the hospital on their impact on the Abbasid issued Feb. 6, suffering from fever, runny, difficulty in breathing, pneumonia after being exposed to birds suspected of having bird flu birds.

He also gave Tamiflu immediately and his condition is critical.

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New deaths from bird flu, a man of Helwan

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 - 16:44

The Ministry of Health on the status of new deaths from bird flu, bringing the total deaths in Egypt since the emergence of the disease in 2006 to 29 cases so far.

The ministry's statement that the new death to the old man "37 years" of Helwan, died Tuesday evening, a hospital was Abbasid impact of the failure in the functions of breathing.

The statement said that this case is the second case this year, and a total of bird flu infections in Egypt amounted to 97 cases since the onset of the disease.

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Also, see WHO announcement:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140965

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Re: Egypt: New Case of H5N1 in Helwan Gov. - Case #97

H5N1 in Poultry

Date of result: 5 February 2010
Date of sampling: 4 February 2010
Governorate: Helwan
District: El Saf
Village: Arab El Hissar
Type of rearing: Farm
Species: Chicken (layer)
Number of birds: 3,500
Vaccination status: Vaccinated
Purpose of sampling: SAIDR active surveillance

http://www.saidr.org/en/animals.php