Egypt - WHO confirms previously known H5N1 bird flu cases in March and April 2015

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http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/Influenza_Summary_IRA_HA_interface_1_May_2015.pdf?ua=1

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The Egyptian cases are all previously known with reports filed by FAO:


131) Egypt - Observed date March 27, test positive April 4,, Giza

132) Egypt - Observed date March 25, test positive April 1, Sohag

133) Egypt - Observed date March 26, test positive April 1, Sohag

134) Egypt - Observed date March 26, test positive April 1, Qaliyoubia

135) Egypt - Observed date March 20, test positive March 30, Kafr El-Sheikh

136) Egypt - Observed date March 21, test positive March 29, Sharqia

137) Egypt - Observed date March 23, test positive March 29, Sharqia

138) Egypt - Observed date April 6, test positive April 14, Beheira

139) Egypt - Observed date March 30, test positive April 14, Beheira

140) Egypt - Observed date April 2, test positive April 18, Beheira

141) Egypt - Observed date April 4, test positive April 12, Damietta

142) Egypt - Observed date March 29, test positive April 8. Qena

143) Egypt - Observed date April 1, test positive April 8, Kafr El- Sheikh



I will be adding the WHO details to these cases on the line list here.


Also, the China case in the the above chart is previously known:

99) China - Male, 6, announced by CHP on April 3, Yunnan province

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This latest information does not give any idea of the current H5N1 bird flu situation in Egypt. Missing are any reports of onset for the last 6 weeks i.e. since April 6.

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Also notable in the report in post 1 is the latest WHO cumulative H5N1 count for Egypt. WHO is reporting 132 total H5N1 cases so far in 2015:





The FluTrackers case list has counted 143 cases year-to-date 2015. The cases that we have included that are not yet accounted for by WHO are:

23) Egypt - Female, 6, announced as recovered, Cairo

35) Egypt - Child, 3, healed, Assiut

36) Egypt - Child, 2,5, hospitalized, Assiut

43) Egypt - Female, 42, cured, Beheira

65) Egypt - Male, 38, cured, Assiut

67) Egypt - Female, 3.5, cured, Assiut

92) Egypt - Female, 50, announced by Qena MoH

103) Egypt - Child, 4, announced by MoH March 22, Sharqia



For now I am leaving these cases on our list because some were included the Ministry of Health announcements taken directly from their website. Others are reported by various governorate health departments as positive results confirmed by the MoH laboratory. Possibly the Ministry of Health will notify WHO of these additional cases in the next few months.