EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

That makes a total of 8, right?

Sorry -- there are 5 suspected cases totally in post #13 (2 or 3 siblings + grandmother/grand-daughter).

Since the top of this thread (just over two weeks), there are a total of 22 (23?) suspected cases (+ 1 confirmed case):

Suhaj - 5 (6?)
Qina - 1 + 2 + 4 + 4 +3 (+ 1 confirmed) = 14
Al Minufiyah - 1
Dakahlia - 2

Edit: And, given that our suspected case tracking record has averaged ca. 1 out of every 4, presumably there have been around 80-90 suspected cases in the last two weeks.

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

2 suspected cases in Qina...

Google-translated from Arabic:

Detention of "child" and "homemaker"
On suspicion of catching the Avian [flu]
July 1, 2007

Qena - Moneim Mansour:

Detained Hospital pathogenesis of Qena both: Ahmad Abdin Moroccan "8 years" from the village Altramesh [and] Salwa Ibrahim Abofadil "26 years" from the village Aljublao on suspicion of catching the Avian [flu].

Dr. Mohamed Dia Egyptian Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health had been taking samples and sending them to labs central Ministry of Health.

Teams combat the disease under the supervision of Dr. Abdel Salam Abdel Nabi, Director General of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine, executed 22 birds Ulw clearing 8 neighboring houses and vaccinated birds in 25 houses Si.

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/accedents/detail09.asp

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Entire article posted here:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28529

1 new suspected case from Asyut governorate (+ 2 sus cases from Qina reported above). Hat-tip, UK-Bird!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Mountain [Health Minister]: We need two billion pounds [ca. US$350M] for the fight against avian influenza virus
July 2, 2007

Wrote Tariq Amin and Hisham Yassin and governorates Mamdouh Thabet, Mohamed and Mohamed Hamdi Samkuri

(...)

At the same time, Sadr Hospital detained in Assiut yesterday first case of human infected with symptoms similar to bird flu in the province, and detained two Viral hospital on suspicion of Qena.

Dr Ahmad Abd Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Hospital in Assiut that Sadr was detained woman alleges dreams Sayed Mahmoud from the village Dkran Abotej Center after being shot in the high temperature, vomiting, excessive was sure that injury contacts with the disease, had been taking samples for analysis.

In Qena, said Dr Mohammed Dia-Masri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, said that two cases had been detained on suspicion of catching the disease and symptoms are from the village of Ahmad Abdin Altramesh Abofadil, Salwa Ibrahim from the village Aljublao.

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=67077

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

At the same time, Sadr Hospital detained in Assiut yesterday first case of human infected with symptoms similar to bird flu in the province, and detained two Viral hospital on suspicion of Qena.

Not true. According to the Egyptian government's own numbers, there's been (at least) 4 suspected cases in Asyut:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16494&highlight=Asyut

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Google-translated from Arabic:

3 cases of detention on suspicion of being infected with avian influenza in Qena
July 7, 2007

Mohammed Hamdi Mohamed Samkuri

Detained Hospital pathogenesis of Qena yesterday both Omar Hatem Jaber '6 years', Fathia Ahmed Ali '40' cubicles from the village in Qena, Zahra Mohammed Ahmed 'year and a half 'from the Hmeidat Qena, on suspicion of avian influenza illness.

Maj. Gen. Magdi Ayoub, Qena governor has been labeled cases under medical observation, and taking samples to be sent to labs of the Ministry of Health, to ascertain the veracity of illness or absence.

The governor said: that teams fight disease avian influenza has cleared houses, the vaccination of birds household in these areas, in addition to awareness campaigns launched by maintaining the participation of all stakeholders, that roamed the villages to warn citizens of danger rearing domestic birds away from the veterinary supervision.

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=67701

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Suspected bird flu case flees hospital...

Google-translated from Arabic:

Flight patient [suspected case] Avian pathogenesis of Beni Suef
July 14, 2007

Beni Suef Safwat Abdeljawad :

Make security organs Beni Suef their efforts to apprehend the patient Avian After escaping from Beni Suef hospital regimens help of a number of thugs.

A Dr. Mohamed Salah director of the hospital in his memo to the director of security of Beni Suef, that the patient named Ahmed narrator "57 years" was transferred to hospital on suspicion of being Avian, also found that he suffered a brain stroke. During his detention termination procedures in the hospital, some thugs smuggling and the failure of security men in the hospital seizure.

Brigadier Kerry can form Mystic Investigation director Beni Suef research team to arrest the patient.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=24291&type=first&PHPSESSID=41f20842851a7d1ca0c8a2fda2d85afa

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,


CAIRO, July 22 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official said on Sunday.

"There is a case," said John Jabbour of the World Health Organisation in Cairo, adding that the woman was believed to have fallen ill after contact with dead household birds.

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt. It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months. Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically. Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

Bird flu did extensive damage to the country's poultry industry and the economy after its arrival in Egypt, which has had more confirmed bird flu cases among humans than any other single country outside Asia.

Most of those who have fallen ill in Egypt were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt where the weather is cooler than in the south.

Experts fear the bird flu virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a deadly pandemic which could circle the globe and kill millions.

Around five million households in Egypt depend on poultry as a main source of food and income and the government has said this makes it unlikely the disease can be eradicated.

The government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL22411713.html

[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

A 25-year-old Egyptian woman is infected by deadly bird flu strain

The Associated Press
Sunday, July 22, 2007


CAIRO, Egypt: Bird flu has infected an Egyptian woman, bringing to 38 the number of those afflicted with the deadly strain of the disease in Egypt, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
The woman, identified as Naema Abdo Gamil, 25, was admitted in a government hospital Saturday and has since been transferred to a hospital in Cairo, the Health Ministry said in a statement carried by the official news agency, MENA.
She was in stable condition Sunday, said health ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman.
Gamil contracted the lethal H5N1 virus after coming into contact with dead chicken in the Mediterranean province of Damietta, about 175 kilometers (108 miles) northeast of Cairo.
Fifteen of the 38 people infected with H5N1 in Egypt have died.
Most of the fatalities have been women or girls whose families raise poultry in backyards and who had daily contact with chickens or turkeys.
Egypt is one of the countries most affected by the H5N1 strain outside Asia, where the bird flu outbreak began. The country lies on a main route for migratory birds, which are believed to have brought the disease.
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has hit 45 countries has and killed at least 191 people worldwide since 2003. It has resulted in the culling of millions of birds.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/22/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Bird-Flu.php

[HenryN]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf


Egyptian woman stricken with bird flu

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...012771,00.htmlA 25-YEAR-OLD Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official has said.
"There is a case," said John Jabbour of the World Health Organisation in Cairo, adding that the woman was believed to have fallen ill after contact with dead household birds.

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt.

It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months.

Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically.

Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

Bird flu did extensive damage to the country's poultry industry and the economy after its arrival in Egypt, which has had more confirmed bird flu cases among humans than any other single country outside Asia.

Most of those who have fallen ill in Egypt were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt where the weather is cooler than in the south.

Experts fear the bird flu virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a deadly pandemic which could circle the globe and kill millions.

Around five million households in Egypt depend on poultry as a main source of food and income and the government has said this makes it unlikely the disease can be eradicated.

The government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.

[Laidback Al]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Additional information ...

Egyptian woman diagnosed with bird flu


<!-- END HEADLINE --><!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->Sun Jul 22, 5:44 PM ET


A 25-year-old woman from northern Egypt has been diagnosed as having contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the health ministry announced on Sunday.
Naima Abdu Gamil from the coastal town of Damietta went to her local hospital Saturday complaining of high temperature, ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shaheen told the official MENA news agency.
She was diagnosed as having contracted bird flu and was sent to Cairo where she is being treated with Tamiflu, he said.
Gamil had been working with domestic poultry which had exhibited symptoms of the disease. Others in her family are now being tested.
She became the 38th case of the virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006.
Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl.
A 10-year-old girl died of bird flu earlier in June, bringing to 15 the number of fatalities in Egypt.
Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia.
The government says it is conducting a vigorous campaign to combat the spread of the virus through vaccinations and raising awareness, but cases continue to appear.
In June, the World Health Organisation said the fight against bird flu has improved around the world, but the situation remains critical in Egypt and Indonesia where the risk of the H5N1 virus mutating into a major human threat remains high.
Egypt and Indonesia remained high-risk because of the permanent contact that many people in both nations have with domesticated birds.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070722/hl_afp/healthfluegypt;_ylt=Aj702Z6LYKaE3RmbxstEN30E1vAI

[Laidback Al]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Damietta is the capital city of Dumyat Governorate in northern Egypt.

Map:

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Hat-tip, UK-Bird!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Woman injured in Damietta Avian and the number rises to 38
7/22/2007 10:03:00 PM

CAIRO - Dr Rahman Shahin spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed today that the 38 human infection cases of avian flu to a lady 25-year-old from the Annaineh [Al Anaena region or العناينة] status Damietta, Damietta Governorate.

The spokesman said in a statement that the situation of a woman called Naima Abdou nice and it appeared the symptoms of the disease -- a high temperature -- Friday entered its impact on the pathogenesis of Damietta Hospital yesterday, Saturday, has been transferred to a hospital in Cairo to follow Abbasiya health condition.

He added that the injury was a result of exposure to sick birds home Navch caused her disease, pointing out that the condition has been stable since being given the necessary treatment Viagra Altammivlo [Tamiflu] and epidemiological investigation ongoing work for all family members.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egypt/Local/july/22/flu.aspx

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

...the Annaineh [Al Anaena region or العناينة] status Damietta, Damietta Governorate.

The Al Anaena area of Damietta city is in the southern end of town:

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,

(...)

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months. Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically. Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

(...)

Twenty percent (20&#37 -- 4 out of 20 -- of the confirmed cases so far in 2007 have occurred in the summer.

In 2006 there were 18 cases totally -- that was in the 9 months from (mid-)March through December. So far, in the first 7 months of 2007, there've been 20 confirmed cases.

Here's a list of all the cases from 2007. (I've also listed here 4 additional cases from Oct-Dec '06 as they can be viewed as cases from the '06-'07 bf 'season' in Egypt.):

Oct - Dec 2006

15. Hanan Mohamed Aboulmagd [aka Hanan Aboul Magd] (39F) - d. Oct 30, 2006 - Al Gharbiyah [nurse?]
16. Intisar Farid (30F) - sister of #18, cousin/aunt of #17 - Al Gharbiyah [Tamiflu resistant strain]
17. Shafika Farid (15F) - cousin/niece of #16 & #18 - Al Gharbiyah
18. Reza Farid [aka Reda Abdel Halim Farid] (26M) - brother of #16, cousin/uncle #17 - Al Gharbiyah

2007

19. Warda Eidh Ahmed (27F) - d. Jan 19, 2007 - Bani Suwayf
20. Nouri Nadi (17F) - d. Feb 2, 2007 - Al Fayyum
21. Nadia Mohamed Abdel-Hafez (37F) - d. Feb 14, 2007 - Al Fayyum
22. Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman (5M) - Ash Sharqiyah
23. Sara Al Sayed Ibrahim [aka Sarah Borhan] (4F) - Ad Daqahliyah/Dakahlia
24. Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim (4M) - Ad Daqahliyah/Dakahlia [any relation to #23? "surnames" both Ibrahim]
25. Abdul Latif Nayel (10F) - March 2007 - Aswan
26. Mohammed Youssef Mahmoud (2M) - March 2007 - Aswan
27. Hajer Mohamed Awadallah (3F) - Aswan
28. Rehab Mahmoud Helmi Abul Magd (6F) - sister of Ibrahim (#30) - Qina
29. Mahmoud Gomaah Mohamed Hassan (5M) - Al Minyah
30. Ibrahim Mahmud Helmi (4M) - brother of Rehab (#28) - Qina
31. Mahmud Mohammed Shalabi (7M) - Suhaj/Sohag
32. Mariam Abdel Fattah Idris Isa (4F) - Al Qalyubiyah
33. - April 5, 2007 - Fatmah Farouk Abdel-Gawwad (2F) - Al Minyah governorate
34. - April 8, 2007 - Marianna Kameel Mikhail (15F) - d. April 10 - Cairo

35. - June 8, 2007 - Mayyada (10F) - d. June 10 - Naqada village, Qina
36. - June 11, 2007 - Dina Ali Taghyan (4F) - Abu Diyab village, Qina
37. - June 23, 2007 - Emad Mohamed el-Daramalli (4M) - Qina
38. - July 22, 2007 - Naima Abdu Gamil (25F) - Damietta

[Theresa42]

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,

(...)

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt. It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

(...)

Here's a Mr. Abdou who was a suspected case from Damietta governorate back in March -- presumably Abdou/Abdu is just a common name in the area/country and there's no connection:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=74134&postcount=18&highlight=Damietta+Mr.+Abdou