Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th - April 19th 2008

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

New case raises Egypt's H5N1 count to 45

Mar 3, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? Health officials in Egypt announced on Mar 1 that a 25-year-old woman who is hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms has an H5N1 avian influenza infection.
Abdel Rahman Shaheen, spokesman for Egypt's health ministry, said in a statement from MENA, the country's state news agency, that tests on Mar 1 confirmed that the woman's samples were positive for the virus, according to a report from Reuters. If the woman's illness is confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO), she will be listed as Egypt's 45th H5N1 case-patient.
Shaheen said the woman had been transferred from Fayoum governorate, about 53 miles south of Cairo, to a hospital in the country's capital, where she is being treated with oseltamivir (Tamiflu), an antiviral medication, Reuters reported. He said she had a high fever and inflammation of both lungs.
News reports on the woman's illness gave no details on the source of her infection.
The woman is the second Egyptian patient in a week to be reported as sick with an H5N1 infection. On Feb 26 health officials announced that samples from a 4-year-old girl from Menia governorate in upper Egypt were positive for the H5N1 virus.
In a Feb 28 statement, the WHO said the girl got sick on Feb 21 and was hospitalized 3 days later. The statement from MENA said the girl is still hospitalized in Cairo, where she is in stable condition, according to a report yesterday from Xinhua, China's state news agency.
An investigation into the source of the girl's infection revealed that she had contact with sick poultry the week before she became ill, according to the WHO statement. She is listed as Egypt's 44th case-patient. The disease has been fatal in of those.
See also:
Feb 28 WHO statement
WHO global H5N1 case count

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/mar0308egypt.html

[HenryN]

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Egypt announces human infection No. 45 contracted avian influenza

الأحد 24 من صفر1429هـ 2-3-2008م الساعة 11:16 ص مكة المكرمة 08:16 ص جرينتش

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إنفلونزا الطيور

Avian influenza

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مفكرة الإسلام : أعلنت السلطات الصحية بمصر عن الإصابة البشرية رقم 45 بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور, وهي لفتاة في الـ25 من عمرها من إحدى قرى الفيوم بجنوبي البلاد.

Islammemo: The health authorities in Egypt injury No. 45 human avian influenza illness, a girl in the 25-year-old girl from a village in southern Fayoum country. <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>

وأكد المتحدث الرسمي بوزارة الصحة والسكان عبد الرحمن شاهين أن المصابة دخلت مستشفى حميات الفيوم الأربعاء الماضي وهي تعاني ارتفاعًا في درجة الحرارة وضيقًا في التنفس والتهابًا رئويًا وآلامًا بالجسم, عقب تعرضها لطيور يشتبه في إصابتها بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور.

The Spokesman Ministry of Health and Population Abdul Rahman Shahin infected entered the hospital last Wednesday salt Fayoum is experiencing a rise in temperature and a narrow breathing, pain and inflammation Rauia body, following exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu disease. <O:P></O:P>

وأضاف أنه تم نقل الفتاة إلى مستشفى صدر الجيزة وإعطائها عقار "تاميفلو" فور الاشتباه في إصابتها بالمرض, وهي الآن على جهاز التنفس الاصطناعي, ويتم حاليًا متابعة حالتها وتوفير الرعاية اللازمة لها.

He added that the girl was transferred to the hospital issued Giza and giving real estate "Tamiflu" as soon suspected of carrying the disease and is now on an artificial respiration system, and is currently condition and follow-up care required. <O:P></O:P>

يذكر أنه منذ ظهور فيروس أنفلونزا الطيور بمصر في فبراير 2006 لقيت 19 حالة حتفها من بين 45 حالة بشرية مصابة.

Ever since the emergence of the avian influenza virus in Egypt in February 2006 were 19 cases of die between 45 human cases infected. <O:P></O:P>

وتبذل الحكومة المصرية جهودًا حثيثة من أجل احتواء الإصابة بفيروس أنفلونزا الطيور والحد من انتشاره, وأهابت من خلال وسائل الإعلام المواطنين تجنب الاختلاط نهائيًا بأية طيور إلا بعد اتخاذ تدابير احترازية؛ منها ارتداء قفازات وأحذية معينة وغيرها.

The Egyptian government is making vigorous efforts to contain avian influenza infection and reduce its spread, and called through the media citizens avoid any birds mixing final only after taking precautionary measures; including wearing gloves, footwear and certain others. <O:P></O:P>

وكان وزير الصحة والسكان حاتم الجبلي قد طالب برفع درجة الاستعداد وتكثيفها في مستشفيات الصدر والحميات بجميع المحافظات المصرية تحسبًا لظهور أية إصابات جديدة بفيروس أنفلونزا الطيور.

The Minister of Health and Population Hatem mountain had demanded that the degree of preparedness in hospitals and intensify al-Sadr and dietary all governorates in anticipation of the emergence of any new infections of avian influenza virus.

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 20th in country
04 Mar 2008 16:02:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) -
An Egyptian woman aged 25 has died of bird flu, the 20th death in Egypt from the disease since the virus arrived in the country in early 2006, the state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.

(Writing by Jonathan Wright) (jonathan.wrighti@reuters.com; +20 2 2578 3290/1; Reuters Messaging: jonathan.wright.reuters.com@reuters.net))

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04934394.htm

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 5
4 March 2008

The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.
The case is a 25 years old female from Sennoris District, Fayum Governorate.
She developed symptoms on 24 February and was hospitalized on 27 February.
The death has now been confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Population.

Investigations into the source of her infection indicate that she had contact with sick poultry prior to becoming unwell.

Of the 45 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 20 have been fatal.
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http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_03_04/en/index.html

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 20th in country
04 Mar 2008 16:20:53 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0 article title end --> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.alertnet.org/bin/js/article.js"></script> <input value="13" name="CurrentSize" id="CurrentSize" type="hidden"> <!-- Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 20th in country --> <!-- Reuters --> (Adds another new case, changes source) CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) - An Egyptian woman aged 25 has died of bird flu, the 20th death in Egypt from the disease since the deadly virus arrived in the country in early 2006, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The woman, Suzanne Ali Salah Zaki, was from Fayoum province southwest of Cairo, and entered hospital on Feb. 27, it said in a statement.

In a separate statement, the ministry said an 11-year-old boy from the Nile Delta province of Menoufia had tested positive for the virus after entering a local hospital on Feb. 26.

Including the two latest cases, 46 Egyptians have tested positive for bird flu over the past two years. More than half of them recovered. The woman and the boy, named as Mohamed Rabie Mohamed Abdel Halim, are thought to have come into contact with sick birds, the ministry added. Four Egyptian women died from bird flu in December. Their deaths ended a 5-month pause in human cases in Egypt and brought to 19 the number of Egyptians who have died of the H5N1 virus. It is the third winter the virus has struck after lying low during Egypt's hot summers. Around 5 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 despite a large-scale poultry vaccination programme. Deaths from bird flu total more than 230 worldwide since 2003 and have been reported in several African and Asian countries. Egypt has been the worst-hit country outside of Asia. (Writing by Jonathan Wright) (jonathan.wrighti@reuters.com; +20 2 2578 3290/1; Reuters Messaging: jonathan.wright.reuters.com@reuters.net))

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04739724.htm

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03040805/H5N1_Fayoum_Fatality.html

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

04/03/2008 16:06</CLASS> CAIRO, March 4 (AFP)</CLASS>
Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt</CLASS>
A young Egyptian woman has died of bird flu, becoming the 20th victim of the deadly virus in Egypt over the past two years, the health ministry announced on Tuesday.
Suzanne Ali Salah, 25, from Faiyum, southwest of Cairo, died in a Giza hospital in the suburbs of the capital where she was admitted on February 27.
She was the 44th case of the H5N1 bird flu virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006.
Salah had been treated unsuccessfully with Tamiflu. Family and friends have been examined for the virus and the tests proved negative, the ministry said.
Four people died at the start of 2008, with no fatalities having been reported over the previous six months.
Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl in Egypt, a major route for migrating birds.
Since H5N1 appeared in Egypt, the north African country has become one of the most affected countries in the world.
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, Egypt and Indonesia are the countries most likely to see the virus mutate into a form that is contagious among humans, because of people's close contact with poultry.
The health ministry has called for heightened vigilance, saying preventative measures were not being implemented against the disease because of "a conviction that the virus has gone".
According to the World Organisation for Animal Health, the highly infectious strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus can be eradicated if it is dealt with effectively in Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria, where it has become endemic.
More than 230 people have died of bird flu worldwide, according to the WHO, with Indonesia accounting for 105 deaths, followed by Vietnam where 51 people have died of the disease.

http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080304160612.37jvuguf.php

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03040806/H5N1_Minufiyah.html

[Theresa42]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Google-translated from Arabic:

Egypt announces the injury situation No. 46 human avian influenza illness of a child from Menoufiya
Health 04/03/2008

Menoufiya Cairo - 4 - 3 (KUNA) - The Ministry of Health and Population today on the Egyptian human infection case No. 46 contracted avian influenza is of a child in the 11-year-old in one of the villages of Al-Menoufiya.

A statement by the Ministry of Health today that the child Mohammed Rabie 11-year-old deposited in a hospital dietary preservation of the 26 last February and is now in a rise in temperature and a narrow breathing, it ignites Rauia after being infected birds suspected safety.

The statement said it was giving the child drug "Tamiflu?" after suspected affect the disease was transferred to a hospital in Cairo to complete the treatment.

The Minister of Health and Population Dr. Hatem mountain has stated that the incidence of avian influenza disease in Egypt less than the global figure, considering that it currently occupies third place in the list of countries hit by bird flu disease after Indonesia and Vietnam.

P (end) g / PF KUNA 041801 GMT Mar 08

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1889060&Language=ar

[Theresa42]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Google-translated from Arabic:

General / Avian influenza Egypt / injury and death

Cairo 26 zero 1429 AH 04 March 2008 WAS

The Ministry of Health of Egyptian human infection No. 46 avian influenza illness of a child age 11 in the village of dams Menoufiya Governorate.

The ministry said in a statement today that the situation has entered a hospital salt worries on February 26 last to suffer from high temperature and shortness of breath and pneumonia after being afflicted birds suspected of carrying the disease .. pointing out that private property [medicine] to give the child immediately after the disease is suspected in injury MS.

In the same vein ministry pointed to the death of 25-year-old woman from the same governorate affected the safety of the disease to the number of deaths as a result of illness to 20 bird flu cases since the emergence of the disease early in 2006.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/cdetails.php?id=533245&catid=3

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Google-translated from Arabic:

General / Avian influenza Egypt / injury and death

Cairo 26 zero 1429 AH 04 March 2008 WAS

The Ministry of Health of Egyptian human infection No. 46 avian influenza illness of a child age 11 in the village of dams Menoufiya Governorate.

The ministry said in a statement today that the situation has entered a hospital salt worries on February 26 last to suffer from high temperature and shortness of breath and pneumonia after being afflicted birds suspected of carrying the disease .. pointing out that private property [medicine] to give the child immediately after the disease is suspected in injury MS.

In the same vein ministry pointed to the death of 25-year-old woman from the same governorate affected the safety of the disease to the number of deaths as a result of illness to 20 bird flu cases since the emergence of the disease early in 2006.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/cdetails.php?id=533245&catid=3

I think "private property" means "trademark", i.e. Tamiflu.

This is third patient (of three) with pnuemonia.

[Theresa42]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

I think "private property" means "trademark", i.e. Tamiflu.

Oh, that makes sense! It usually gets translated as "real estate Tamiflu" and I always wondered where the real estate part came from.

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Oh, that makes sense! It usually gets translated as "real estate Tamiflu" and I always wondered where the real estate part came from.

Yes, I believe real estate = private property = trademark = registered (or R within a circle).

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

Any updates on the hospitalized sister of the recent fatality (25F)? AFP report indicates no relatives are affected.

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt Human Cases Feb 25th +

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04 March 2008
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A young Egyptian woman died from bird flu Tuesday.
Egypt's MENA news agency quotes the health ministry as saying the 25-year-old woman from Fayyum died in a Giza hospital south of the capital, Cairo.
Of the 44 bird flu cases confirmed in Egypt, 20 have been fatal.
Most of the fatalities have been women or girls whose families raise poultry, which brings them into daily contact with chickens or turkeys.
Close to five million Egyptian households depend on poultry for food or income. The government says this makes it unlikely the disease can be eradicated, despite a large-scale poultry vaccination program.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-04-voa62.cfm