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Thanks, that leaves 2 unaccounted for.
Thanks, that leaves 2 unaccounted for.
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In what way? There are hundreds of unconfirmed cases (less than 1% of suspect cases in Egypt are confirmed and admissions in the country were around 50 per day last week).Originally posted by Commonground View PostComment
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I'm sure they were suspected cases. It said a total of 6 entered since April 1st. I am going to see if we happen to have them logged in. For their locations, ....out of curiosity.Comment
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Entered the fever hospital in Kafr el Sheikh? There have been two confirmed cases there this month.Originally posted by Commonground View PostComment
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Updated map with clinic in DesoukOriginally posted by Sally View Post
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Map updated to reflect above comment that patient was from city of Kulain (although the above may just indicate she was from the district of Kulain aka Kellin)Originally posted by Sally View Post
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<TABLE style="DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=right><TBODY><TR><TD align=right>Egypt announces 66 bird flu infection in a girl from the Kafr El-Sheikh </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD><TABLE style="DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD align=right><TABLE style="DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>مصر تعلن الإصابة السادسة خلال شهر أبريلEgypt announces injury during the sixth month of April </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=textStyle style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>http://translate.google.com/translat...d%26start%3D10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>أعلنت وزارة الصحة المصرية مساء الأحد إصابة طفلة عمرها 18 شهرا في محافظة كفر الشيخ (شمال مصر) بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور، لتكون الإصابة رقم 66 في مصر منذ ظهور الفيروس القاتل فيها.The Ministry of Health in Egypt on Sunday night, injuring 18-month-old girl in the governorate of Kafr el-Sheikh (northern Egypt), bird flu, the infection will be No. 66 in Egypt since the emergence of the deadly virus.
وقال الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين المتحدث باسم وزارة الصحة إن الطفلة وتدعى منار إبراهيم زيدان سعد وتبلغ من العمر عاما ونصف العام، خالطت طيورا مصابة في منزل أسرتها بقرية شباص عمير قلين."Said Dr Abdul Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, and the girl called Zidane Manar Ibrahim Saad and one-year-old and a half years, come into contact with infected birds in the family's home village Chaabas Amir Kulain.
وأضاف المصدر أن الطفلة دخلت مستشفى حميات كفر الشيخ وهي تعاني من ارتفاع في درجة الحرارة وسعال، مؤكدا أنه فور الاشتباه في إصابة الطفلة بالمرض تم إعطاؤها عقار التاميفلو وحالتها المرضية مستقرة.The source added that the girl went to hospital, Kafr El-Sheikh admitted suffering from a fever and cough, said that immediately after the injury to the child suspected of the disease was given the drug Tamiflu, a stable and satisfactory condition.
وشهدت مصر زيادة حادة في حالات الإصابة البشرية بأنفلونزا الطيور في الأشهر الأخيرة حيث سجلت 15 حالة إصابة مؤكدة منذ بداية عام 2009، مقارنة مع سبع حالات فقط في الفترة من أول يناير/ كانون الثاني إلى 17 ابريل/ نيسان 2008.Egypt witnessed a sharp increase in human cases of bird flu in recent months, recorded 15 confirmed cases since the beginning of 2009, compared with only seven cases in the period from the beginning of January to April 17, 2008.
وهذه هي حالة الإصابة البشرية السادسة بأنفلونزا الطيور في مصر هذا الشهر، وصارت مصر أكثر الدول تضررا بالمرض خارج قارة آسيا.This is the sixth human case of bird flu in Egypt this month, Egypt became the most affected outside Asia.
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Kafr El-Sheikh toddler gets bird flu in third Egypt case in a week
By AFP
First Published: April 20, 2009
CAIRO: A toddler from Kafr El-Sheikh has contracted bird flu in the country's third reported case in a week, state media reported on Monday.
The 18-month-old girl was in stable condition after being treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu, the Al-Ahram daily quoted a health ministry official as saying.
It was the 66th recorded case since the outbreak of the disease in Egypt in 2006.
Last week the health ministry said that two women were in critical condition after being infected with the virus.
On Saturday, a 25-year-old woman from the Qalubia province was in hospital in critical condition, the health ministry said. On Wednesday the ministry said a 33-year-old woman from Kafr El-Sheikh had the disease and was critically ill and on an artificial respirator.
Egypt has seen an increase in bird flu cases over the past two months. The World Health Organization (WHO) called in March for an investigation into why many of the victims have been young children.
Twenty-three people have died of bird flu in Egypt, mostly young girls or women who are generally in charge of looking after poultry in rural areas.
Egypt hosted an international conference on bird flu last October, when Washington pledged an additional $320 million to the fight against the disease amid fears that it may yet escalate into a global pandemic.
The H5N1 strain of the virus that is most dangerous to humans first emerged in Asia in 2003 and has since caused nearly 250 deaths, according to WHO figures.
Scientists fear that a mutation of the bird flu virus resulting in a strain easily transmitted among humans could create a pandemic, potentially affecting up to one fifth of the world's population. ?AFP
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Ministry of Health
The girl child "Manar"
66 bird flu infection
Hashim Abdella wrote:
The Ministry of Health and Population in the emergence of human infection with bird flu, 66 to baby girl Manar Ibrahim Zeidan claims that "two years" from the province of Kafr el-Sheikh.
He said. Rahman Shaheen Media Advisor to the Minister of Health, the disease symptoms appeared on the girl child on 15 June and entered the hospital admitted the award with a high temperature and cough after exposure to dead birds suspected to be infected.
On the other hand, held on the hospital DAMIETTA Saadiya incumbent Harz - 55 years - housewife resident village Albesartp Damietta Center on suspicion of being infected with bird flu .. Sample was withdrawn from the patient's blood for analysis labs central Ministry of Health.
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Egypt reports 66th bird flu case
News - Africa news
Less than one week after reporting the 65th human infection of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus, the Egyptian health ministry has reported that a baby girl has contracted the virus.
The case of the one-and-a-half-year-old baby brings the total number of human in fections in the country to 66.
Egypt is the hardest-hit nation for bird flu outside East Asia.
The fact that the country lies along the migratory routes of birds from Europe, Asia and Africa, and the lack of awareness among the poorer segments of society who rely on poultry for subsistence, have worsen the impact of the disease.
The most recent case comes from the Kafr El Sheikh governorate north of Cairo and the little girl, identified as Ibrahim Al Manar, is currently in a critical condition, despite receiving the anti-virul drug Tami flu, the ministry told PANA on Monday.
Since the virus was first reported in humans in March 2006, it has claimed 23 lives in Egypt.
According to the latest statistics of the World Health Organization, some 418 people in 15 countries and regions have contracted the virus and 257 of them have died of the disease.
Cairo - 20/04/2009
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Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +
No other report has stated that the toddler was in critical condition. I suspect that this report is mixing up the status of the 33F with the toddler, since both are from Kafr el Sheikh (Kellin).Originally posted by niman View PostComment
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I suspect the mix-up is from the Reuters story below (transalted), which discusses both patients from Kafr el Sheikh:Originally posted by niman View Post
20/04/2009 The Middle East News Agency reported on Sunday that the 18-month-old girl in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, northern Egypt was hit by bird flu to be the case of the sixty-sixth in the country since the emergence of the deadly virus.
A medical source said that the girl child in the province Zidane Manar Ibrahim Saad, aged 18 months, contact with infected birds in the family's home village Chaabas Amir, it was quoted on Saturday with symptoms of the disease to the fever hospital in Kfar-Sheikh on Sunday then transferred to a hospital in Cairo.
The agency said, quoting the Health Ministry dealt with the drug Tamiflu, the girl child.
Egypt witnessed a sharp increase in human cases of bird flu in recent months, with a score of 15 confirmed cases since the beginning of the year, compared with only seven cases in the period from January 17 to January-April last year.
This is the sixth human case of bird flu in Egypt this month. Egypt became the most affected outside Asia.
Since the four-day rest Saadia Mohamed Abdel Latif (31 years) in the fever hospital in Kfar-Sheikh with the disease. A medical source said that the deteriorating situation and feared for her life if transferred to Cairo.
Since the 2003 virus, "said the 5 H 1," at least 412 people in 15 countries and caused the deaths of 254 of them. It also led to the deaths or culling of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia and the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
He died about 23 Egyptians, most of the virus after contact with infected domestic birds in a country where the adoption of nearly five million families to raise poultry at home as an important source of food and income.
The World Health Organization said this month it was concerned that some of the Egyptians may have the virus that causes bird flu without showing symptoms, which may increase the chance the virus will mutate into a strain easily spread among humans.
Rarely infects HIV 1 to 5 human, but experts fear that if it mutates into a form that can be transmitted easily between humans, a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (77): EGYPT (KAFR EL-SHEIKH) 66TH CASE
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Date: Sun 19 Apr 2009
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation AlertNet [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ499966.htm>
Egyptian girl contracts bird flu
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An 18 month old Egyptian girl has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu
virus after coming into contact with infected birds, the latest case in a
growing spate of infections in Egypt, state media said on Sunday [19 Apr
2009]. The new infection brings to 66 the number of bird flu cases in
humans in the most populous Arab country, which has been hit harder by bird
flu than any other country outside Asia.
Egypt has seen a surge in human cases in recent months, with 15 confirmed
since the start of the year [2009], compared with 7 cases between 1 Jan and
17 Apr 2008.
The girl, from the north Egyptian province of Kafr el-Sheikh, was being
treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir), state news agency
MENA reported, citing the health ministry.
While the H5N1 avian influenza virus rarely infects people, experts say
they fear it could mutate into a form that people could easily pass to one
another, sparking a pandemic that could kill millions. Since 2003, H5N1 has
infected at least 412 people in 15 countries and killed 254. It has killed
or forced the culling of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in
Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
Some 23 Egyptians have died after contracting the bird flu virus. Most of
those infected had come into contact with infected domestic birds in a
country where roughly 5 million households depend on domestically raised
poultry as a significant source of food and income.
WHO said this month [April 2009] it was concerned that some Egyptians may
carry the bird flu virus without showing symptoms and this could give the
virus more of a chance to mutate to a strain that spreads easily among humans.
[byline: Will Rasmussen]
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ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall
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Date: Sun 19 Apr 2009
Source: Egyptian Chronicles [edited]
<http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2009/04/another-h5n1-human-infection-case-in.html>
Another H5N1 human infection case in less than 72 hours
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The Ministry of Health has announced today [19 Apr 2009] that a year and
half old child is no. 66 in the H5N1 human infection roll in Egypt. It is
less than 48 hours from the announcement of case no. 65. The baby girl is
from a village in the Kafr El-Sheikh [governorate in the Delta region of
Egypt]. There have been several cases [reported] from Kafr El-Sheikh this
year [2009]. Al-Fayoum, Bahaira, and Kafr El-Sheikh are the top
governorates with the highest H5N1 infection rate. The baby girl referred
to in this report was admitted to hospital on 15 Apr 2009 and has been
treated with Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and remains in a stable condition.
[posted by Zeinobia]
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ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall
[The 64th case, a 33 year old woman, was also a resident of the Nile Delta
governorate of Kafr el-Sheikh. All of the cases since the beginning of 2009
have been babies and young children, with the exception of the 2 preceding
adult cases. This 66th case restores the predominance of young children as
victims of avian H5N1 influenza virus infection.
A map of the governorates of Egypt can be accessed at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt>. The governorate of
Kafr el-Sheikh is located at 13 on this map. The HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of Egypt is available at <http://healthmap.org/r/009S>. -
Mod.CP]
[see also:
Avian influenza, human (76): Egypt (Cairo) 20090418.1472
Avian influenza, human (75): Egypt, 64th case conf 20090417.1464
Avian influenza, human (74): Egypt, 64th 20090417.1463
Avian influenza, human (73): Egypt, virulence 20090413.1411
Avian influenza, human (72): Egypt, virulence 20090412.1403
Avian influenza, human (71): Egypt, Viet Nam, WHO 20090408.1359
Avian influenza, human (70): Egypt (QL), 63rd case 20090406.1336
Avian influenza, human (69): Egypt (BH) 62nd case 20090404.1299
Avian influenza, human (66): Egypt (BH) 20090402.1271]
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There actually have been three adults. In addition to the two recent critical cases, there was a VERY mild case in a 38F (no symptoms after 4 days). 12/15 cases have been children or toddlers, but 11/12 of such cases have been toddlers. The two cases from Kafr el Sheikh are from the same small district, Kellin, in the southwest corner of the governorate and cases likely live within a couple of miles of each other.Originally posted by niman View PostComment
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21 April 2009 -- </SPAN>The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported two new confirmed human cases of avian influenza.
The first case is a 25-year old pregnant female from El Marg District, Cairo Governorate. Her symptoms began on 6 April and she was hospitalized at Ain Shams University hospital on 11 April where she was started on oseltamivir on 16 April. She is in a critical condition. Investigations into the source of her infection indicated close contact with sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
The second case is 18-month old female from Kellin District, Kafr Elsheikh Governorate. Her symptoms began on 15 April and she was hospitalized at Kafr Elsheikh Fever Hospital on 18 April where she was started on oseltamivir on the same day of hospitalization. Her condition is stable. Investigations into the source of infection indicated close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
For both cases, infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3).
Of the 66 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.
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