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Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/11/avian-flu-scan-nov-17-2014
Avian Flu Scan for Nov 17, 2014
H5N1 case, death in Egypt; H7N9 cases in China
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
Egypt reports 2 new H5N1 cases, 1 fatal
A 19-year-old Egyptian woman died today of H5N1 avian flu, an Egyptian health ministry spokesman said, and another person has contracted the disease, according to a Reuters report.
The woman died in a hospital in the southern part of Asyut governorate, which is in the central part of Egypt along the Nile River. She had contact with infected birds, the spokesman said.
Reuters said the second case is in a 30-year-old woman in southern Minya governorate, but a translated statement from Egypt's Ministry of Health on the blog Avian Flu Diary yesterday said the patient is a 3-year-old girl in Minya. Other English-language news outlets reported that age, too.
To add to the confusion, Reuters mentioned a third case in a 3-year-old without specifying the sex of the patient or the governorate. The Reuters story said the child is doing well.
Minya is just north of Asyut and also borders the Nile.
Until further confirmation, CIDRAP News is counting only two new cases, which bring Egypt's total this year to seven?the number that Reuters is also reporting. Egypt confirmed the country's fifth case on Sep 30.
The woman's death brings the number of fatal H5N1 cases in Egypt this year to two.
Nov 17 Reuters story
Nov 16 Avian Flu Diary blog post
Sep 30 CIDRAP News scan on previous case
Two H7N9 cases in China brings reported total to 443
A 54-year-old woman from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and a 45-year-old woman from Jiangsu province were diagnosed with H7N9 avian flu, according to a Nov 15 report from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The report said that the 54-year-old woman has died.
There have been 443 human H7N9 cases in mainland China since February 2013, 58 in Jiangsu and 4 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the CHP said. The most recent case was reported on Nov 3 in Jiangsu province.
Hong Kong authorities are conducting thermal imaging at boundary control points and have directed avian flu education at travelers and the travel industry. The CHP is encouraging people to avoid contact with birds and their droppings, wear a mask if they develop respiratory illness, and visit a doctor if they have flu symptoms and a history of travel to affected areas.
Nov 15 CHP press release
Avian Flu Scan for Nov 17, 2014
H5N1 case, death in Egypt; H7N9 cases in China
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
Egypt reports 2 new H5N1 cases, 1 fatal
A 19-year-old Egyptian woman died today of H5N1 avian flu, an Egyptian health ministry spokesman said, and another person has contracted the disease, according to a Reuters report.
The woman died in a hospital in the southern part of Asyut governorate, which is in the central part of Egypt along the Nile River. She had contact with infected birds, the spokesman said.
Reuters said the second case is in a 30-year-old woman in southern Minya governorate, but a translated statement from Egypt's Ministry of Health on the blog Avian Flu Diary yesterday said the patient is a 3-year-old girl in Minya. Other English-language news outlets reported that age, too.
To add to the confusion, Reuters mentioned a third case in a 3-year-old without specifying the sex of the patient or the governorate. The Reuters story said the child is doing well.
Minya is just north of Asyut and also borders the Nile.
Until further confirmation, CIDRAP News is counting only two new cases, which bring Egypt's total this year to seven?the number that Reuters is also reporting. Egypt confirmed the country's fifth case on Sep 30.
The woman's death brings the number of fatal H5N1 cases in Egypt this year to two.
Nov 17 Reuters story
Nov 16 Avian Flu Diary blog post
Sep 30 CIDRAP News scan on previous case
Two H7N9 cases in China brings reported total to 443
A 54-year-old woman from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and a 45-year-old woman from Jiangsu province were diagnosed with H7N9 avian flu, according to a Nov 15 report from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The report said that the 54-year-old woman has died.
There have been 443 human H7N9 cases in mainland China since February 2013, 58 in Jiangsu and 4 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the CHP said. The most recent case was reported on Nov 3 in Jiangsu province.
Hong Kong authorities are conducting thermal imaging at boundary control points and have directed avian flu education at travelers and the travel industry. The CHP is encouraging people to avoid contact with birds and their droppings, wear a mask if they develop respiratory illness, and visit a doctor if they have flu symptoms and a history of travel to affected areas.
Nov 15 CHP press release