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  • Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

    Source: http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/03/1...ack-infection/

    Three deaths in Derna from unknown virus

    Tripoli, 12 March 2013.

    Three people have died in Derna from a viral infection that the authorities suspect could be a form of the H1N1 virus. A post on the Health Ministry?s Facebook page states the deaths were the result of a respiratory track infection, causing shortness of breath, high fever and unconsciousness.
    According to a statement from the Health Ministry , the cases did not respond to conventional treatment methods used internationally.
    Confirming the three deaths today, Tuesday, while speaking at the press conference in Tripoli on the mass poisoning crisis, the Director Gernal of the National Centre for Disease Control, Dr Mohammed Abughalah, said three others in the town have fallen ill with similar symptoms. They are currently stable and receiving medication at an isolation unit to help prevent the virus from spreading...

  • #2
    Re: Libya: Three deaths in Derna from unidentified respiratory virus

    Later in the article, the following odd text occurs:

    According to Abughalah, there have been 23 similar cases in Libya in addition to the six in Derna ? two each in Beida and Benghazi, one in Marj, three in Misurata, two in Khoms, ten in Tripoli and two in Zawia. In addition to the three deaths in Derna, one person had died in Tripoli and another in Zawia.

    However, he also said that three cases in Tripoli had been diagnosed as H1N1 influenza. The other cases were still being analysed.

    There are suggestions that those in eastern Libya could be cases of novel coronavirus (NCoV), also known as Saudi SARS. The first case was discovered in September last year in a Qatari man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia. Out of the 14 cases worldwide so far, there have been six cases there, four of them fatal.

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    Tow observations.

    1. Don't call it "Saudi SARS"....

    2. If you exclude the 3 confirmed H1N1 cases in Tripoli (1 fatal), there are 20 total cases of unknown cause, 4 of whom had died. That means the mystery dsiease cases (20% apparent CFR) have a lower apparent fatality rate than the confrimed H1N1 cases (33% CFR). That makes H1N1 more likely than NCoV.

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    • #3
      Libya health officials confirm cases of H1N1 virus

      Libya Health Officials Confirm Cases of H1N1 Virus

      13/03/2013 01:24:00

      Tripoli-- A number of flu cases reported recently in Libya are found to be of the type H1 N1 virus that leads to death when not treated properly, the Director of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Mohamed Aboughalia told journalists in Tripoli Tuesday morning.

      Infected cases so far have reached 29 cases. Five deaths have been reported including one in Tripoli, one in Zawia and 3 deaths in Darna in eastern Libya.

      Infected cases are distributed on Libyan cities to be 6 in Darna, 2 in Benghazi, 3 in Baiyda, 1 in Marj, 3 in Misurata, 2 in Khums, 10 in Tripoli and 2 in Zawia.

      Three cases in Tripoli have been diagnosed as being infected with H1N1 virus while the remaining cases are being tested.

      More...
      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
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      • #4
        Re: Libya: Three deaths in Derna from unidentified respiratory virus

        Good enough. The cities match, and all 5 fatalities are suspected to be the same disease. I have merged the threads.

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        • #5
          Re: Libya: Three deaths in Derna from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

          Suspected H1N1 flu kills 5 in Libya


          TRIPOLI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Five deaths have been confirmed among the 29 suspected cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in Libya, Health Minister Noor Eddin Dughman told a press conference Tuesday.

          According to the health ministry, four deaths were reported in the eastern city of Darnah and the other in Zawyia city, some 50 km west of Tripoli. And patients from 10 other suspected cases have been hospitalized in Tripoli.

          Mohamed Bu Ghalya, director of Libya's communicable diseases center, told Xinhua that symptoms of the infections include severe acute respiratory illness with fever, and some patients even fell into a coma.

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            Re: Libya: Three deaths in Derna from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

            Libyan Minister of Health announces five deaths swine flu
            2013:03:13.09:43
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            Benghazi March 12, 2013 / Health Minister Libyan Noureddine Doghman today (Tuesday) for five deaths after contracting HIV, "AT / H 1 to 1" known media swine flu in three cities in eastern and western Libya. said Doghman at a press conference this afternoon that "29 cases have been registered illness seasonal flu after reporting centers and medical units, "pointing out that" Ten cases were recorded in the capital Tripoli. " and added that "the injury as a result of weather factors and colder weather." and "The 4 cases who died from the disease in the Middle Libyan and another case in the corner west of Tripoli. " and recorded the Ministry of Health deaths five during the past two days, the two in the city of Derna (300 km east of Benghazi), and two in Benghazi, one center of Benghazi, medical and other hospital Republic for a lady from the city Ajdabiya, and fifth in the corner west of Tripoli. played down Doghman fears of the virus, saying that "the situation is under control and there are no worries of worsening the situation did not reach it to be designated as the epidemic yet." He added, "Once change weather factors and the high temperature weather will disappear injuries with the virus that causes the disease. " said Director of the Center of communicable diseases and endemic in Libya Mohammed Boghalah The "treatment (Altamflo) allocated for the treatment of this type of disease is abundant." He guessed medical source official told news ((Xinhua)) that "the virus causative is sophisticated form of the virus (A / H 1 to 1) the virus that causes swine flu, and the virus that causes bird flu. " and said that the infected cases suffering from severe pneumonia and showing symptoms of high temperature and interference in a coma. source quoted Director of the Office communicable diseases Bdrna as saying he "can not give a diagnosis of the virus, and it may be a genetic mutation or as a result of climate change," pointing out that "I took the farms of injured and sent to the city of Benghazi for the analysis and diagnosis of the type of virus."http://arabic.people.com.cn/31662/8165319.html
            CSI:WORLD http://swineflumagazine.blogspot.com/

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            • #7
              Re: Libya: Three deaths in Derna from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

              Published Date: 2013-03-13 03:01:32
              Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths - Libya: RFI, H1N1 susp
              Archive Number: 20130313.1584077

              UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS - LIBYA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, H1N1 SUSPECTED
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              Date: Tue 12 Mar 2012
              Source: Libya Herald [edited]
              Tripoli, 12 March 2013. Three people have died in Derna . . .[restrict]from a viral infection that the authorities suspect could be a form of the H1N1 virus. A post on the Health Ministry’s Facebook page states the deaths were the result of a respiratory track infection, causing shortness of breath, high fever and unconsciousness. According to […]



              So far, 3 people have died in Derna from a viral infection that the authorities suspect could be a form of the H1N1 virus. A post on the Health Ministry's Facebook page states the deaths were the result of a respiratory tract infection, causing shortness of breath, high fever, and unconsciousness.

              According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the cases did not respond to conventional treatment methods used internationally.

              Confirming the 3 deaths today, Tuesday [12 Mar 2013], while speaking at the press conference in Tripoli on the mass poisoning crisis, the director general of the National Centre for Disease Control, Dr Mohammed Abughalah, said 3 others in the town have fallen ill with similar symptoms. They are currently stable and receiving medication at an isolation unit to help prevent the virus from spreading.

              According to Abughalah, there have been 23 similar cases in Libya in addition to the 6 in Derna -- 2 each in Beida and Benghazi, one in Marj, 3 in Misurata, 2 in Khoms, 10 in Tripoli, and 2 in Zawia. In addition to the 3 deaths in Derna, one person had died in Tripoli and another in Zawia.

              However, he also said that 3 cases in Tripoli had been diagnosed as H1N1 influenza. The other cases were still being analysed.

              There are suggestions that those in eastern Libya could be cases of novel coronavirus (NCoV), also known as Saudi SARS. The 1st case [of nCoV] was discovered [confirmed] in September last year [2012] in a Qatari man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia [the virus was first identified in specimens from a Saudi Arabian national who died in June 2012. The 2nd confirmed case was in a Qatari man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia and was being treated in a hospital in the UK. See prior ProMED-mail posts listed in the "see also" section for the chronology of confirmations. - Mod.MPP]. Out of the 14 cases worldwide so far, there have been 6 cases [in Saudi Arabia], 4 of them fatal. [As of 12 Mar 2013, there have been 15 confirmed cases and 9 deaths attributable to nCoV infection. Of these, 8 cases and 6 deaths have been reported from Saudi Arabia. - Mod.MPP]

              In its statement today [12 Mar 2013], the Health Ministry said that "upon communication with relevant authorities, it was confirmed that other similar cases were reported in some parts of Libya as well as in some Arab countries".

              It added that an isolation unit had been established and an emergency team consisting of specialised doctors and nurses formed and equipped with all necessary medical supplies. Nearby hospitals had also been contacted to cooperate and exchange information.

              The World Health Organization (WHO) does not list Libya among the countries displaying the infection. However, it cautions "member states to continue surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and to carefully review any unusual patterns".

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              [From the newswire above it appears as though there may be an outbreak of H1N1 associated with fatalities in Libya. Cases have been confirmed in the capital (Tripoli), and specimens are being processed at present on cases that have occurred outside the capital.

              It also appears there are concerns that some of the severe respiratory deaths outside Tripoli may not be due to H1N1 but rather due to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) known to be affecting individuals elsewhere in the Middle East sporadically. Thus far, there has only been one instance of documented person-to-person transmission of the nCoV in 2 individuals who had close contact with one of the cases in the UK, with a negative history for other potential exposures. In addition to this cluster, there was a probable cluster (though not confirmed to be person-to-person transmission) of cases in ICU staff in Jordan in May 2012, and a possible family cluster in Saudi Arabia in November 2012 (in this case, it is possible there was a common exposure history of the family members). Thus, given the presently known epidemiology of nCoV cases it is less likely that a country-wide outbreak of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in Libya would be due to nCoV, and more likely would be due to H1N1.

              There have been reports of increased fatalities associated with H1N1 infection this current flu season in the northern hemisphere (see prior ProMED-mail posts listed below), so the occurrence of increased respiratory illness associated fatalities in Libya might well be due to H1N1 activity. ProMED-mail would greatly appreciate information on the epidemiologic and microbiological investigations of these SARI associated fatalities in Libya, including possible illnesses that might predispose for more severe disease with influenza virus infection.

              For a map of Libya showing all of the cities mentioned in the report above, see http://www.nationsonline.org/maps/libya-map.jpg. Derna, Al Beida, Marj, and Benghazi are on the Eastern Coast near the border with Egypt.

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                Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

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                • #9
                  Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

                  Published Date: 2013-03-14 03:41:12
                  Subject: PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths - Libya (02): influenza A (H1N1) conf
                  Archive Number: 20130314.1585622

                  UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS - LIBYA (02): INFLUENZA A (H1N1) CONFIRMED
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                  Date: Wed 13 Mar 2013
                  Source: The Tripoli Post [edited]



                  A number of flu cases reported recently in Libya have been found to be of the type H1N1 [influenza] virus that leads to death when not treated properly, the director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Mohamed Aboughalia, told journalists in Tripoli on Tuesday morning [12 Mar 2013].

                  Infected cases so far have reached 29. Five deaths have been reported, including one in Tripoli, one in Zawia, and 3 in Darna in eastern Libya. Infected cases have been distributed in Libyan cities: 6 in Darna, 2 in Benghazi, 3 in Baiyda, one in Marj, 3 in Misurata, 2 in Khums, 10 in Tripoli, and 2 in Zawia. Three cases in Tripoli have been diagnosed as being infected with the H1N1 [influenza] virus, while the remaining cases are being tested.

                  Aboughalia also said that the health authorities were prepared to respond to the situation, and the cases have been isolated to protect the rest of the population from getting in contact with the virus. He said Tamiflu medicine and spray ampoules have been distributed to all NCDC branches in the country.

                  Influenza A (H1N1) virus is the subtype of influenza A virus that was the most common cause of human influenza (flu) in 2009. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a small percentage of all human flu infections in 2004-2005. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

                  In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the new strain of swine-origin H1N1 as a pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media. This novel virus spread worldwide and had caused about 17 000 deaths by the start of 2010. On 10 Aug 2010, WHO declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity had returned to typical seasonal patterns.

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                  [Previously, it was suggested in archived ProMED-mail post: "Undiagnosed deaths - Libya: RFI, H1N1 susp. 20130313.1584077" that: "It also appears there are concerns that some of the severe respiratory deaths outside Tripoli may not be due to H1N1 [influenza] but rather due to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) known to be affecting individuals elsewhere in the Middle East sporadically." While the current diagnoses of influenza A(H1N1) virus infection have only been confirmed for a proportion of the patients, there is no evidence to confirm involvement of the new coronavirus in this outbreak of respiratory illness. - Mod.CP

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                  • #10
                    Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

                    hat tip NS1 at Genewurx


                    Libya Issues Health Alert Concerning High Fatality Respiratory Illness After 5 Deaths Across 3 Cities and 29 Total Clinical Presentations Across 8 Cities.

                    Libya’s Ministry of Health issued a health alert on Tuesday concerning a high fatality respiratory disease that produced 5 deaths in 3 cities. The GoogleEarth interactive map file that is attached to this post demonstrates a coastal epidemiology of the outbreak at this time. Influenza pH1N1 has been diagnosed in 3 cases.

                    GeneWurx RnR Analytics workbench has issued emergence signals of a zoonotic ‘strong influencer’ on pH1N1 recently. Sequences from all Libyan cases would allow comparison with known virulence factors in order to establish the proper response level.






                    Libya Respiratory Outbreak with 5 Fatalities, GoogleEarth Interactive Map file (.kmz download)
                    Links to http://genewurx.com/data/Libya_pH1N1...tial_Hydra.kmz

                    Readers will need the GoogleEarth software (full version7 or browser plugin). 5 minute, no reboot install is available at no charge:

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                    Last edited by sharon sanders; March 15, 2013, 09:25 PM. Reason: reformatted

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                    • #11
                      Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

                      I would like to remind to readers the social and economical situation in Libya, a year after the civil war that overturned former leader Muhammar Kadhafy.

                      The country remains split between two main regions - and ethnicities - and the administrative and governmental infrastructure persists severely impaired in their functions.

                      Factions and external influences are causing turmoil and frequent armed attacks with further strain to an already badly hit population.

                      It is evident that the most frail among people are suffering from the collpase of health services - likely restricted only for the most affluent factions - and because of the trouble in accessing to basic utilities, like well water, electricity etc.

                      It seems most westerners are forgetting the mess in the MIddle East region: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Palestinian Territories are experiencing unrests, armed attacks, and societal disruptions, and economic depression.

                      Any kind of infectious diseases as well as non-communicable diseases (such as chronic conditions and cancer) requiring intensive caring and hospital infrastructures are taking their toll among the most frail, such as older people, children and women.

                      Before crying wolf, I suggest to simply remind the facts, and these facts are pointing toward a widespread misery and impoverishment along with violence against women and children, usual heritage of wars.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

                        I agree.

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                        The discussion format of this site is a great way to explore varied opinions and ideas. Only from a rich and vibrant platform can we be successful in discovery of the truth of a matter.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Libya: Five total deaths from unidentified respiratory virus - H1N1 confirmed

                          Interesting. Hospital director's statement is contrary to what the MOH announced the next day.

                          from post 6 above: "Libyan Minister of Health announces five deaths swine flu.....and recorded the Ministry of Health deaths five during the past two days, the two in the city of Derna..."

                          machine translation

                          Director of a hospital in the city of Derna denies the emergence of viral flu in the city and described rumors
                          LIGHTHOUSE MARCH 12, 2013
                          Venz Dr. "Abdul Ghani Abdullah," hospital director struggling "Yusuf Borahil" for clinics consolidated city of Derna, rumors addressed by the media about the emergence of viral flu in the city. Dr. said, "Ghani" - in a statement to the reporter and the Libyan news agency Bdrna Tuesday - "What is taken emergence of viral influenza in the city is untrue news in orbit rumor just is not."
                          On the other hand, Dr. "Imad Kabylian" Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Bdrna, that professors and recreating and researchers from the college they checked and an analysis of the number of citizens city hospital to verify the news alleged the existence of influenza virus exhibitors, and show them otherwise.
                          Dr "Kabylie", that one of the deaths recorded in the tuber, is a former prisoner jailed "Saleem" was injured during his prison term pulmonary tuberculosis, and other case to someone higher temperature suddenly asked his family moved to a hospital in Benghazi, and he died on the way, stressing that there is no indication of the emergence of a virus

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