Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

[sharon sanders]

Bloomberg subscription service is reporting this. I can not find on the source document however.

http://www.gom.net.eg/gom1/gom.shtml


Human Bird Flu Case Reported in North Egypt, Al Ghomhuria Says
2006-10-30 02:42 (New York)


By Dania Saadi
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A suspected case of human bird flu
has been reported in the northern Egyptian governorate of
Gharbiyah, raising the number of possible infected humans in
the area to five, al-Ghomhuria reported, citing a local
hospital.
A 23-year-old woman in the city of Tanta was suspected of
having symptoms of avian flu and was transported to a local
hospital, the Cairo-based newspaper reported......</pre>

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah?

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah?

The reporter confirmed the story to me and this is the only available information at this time.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

Seventh Egyptian dies of bird flu


CAIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - An Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Monday, bringing the total number of human deaths in Egypt to seven, the state news agency MENA said.

The victim was a woman from the Nile Delta town of Samanoud who had slaughtered and handled domestic poultry, it said. It was the first human death in Egypt from the virus since May.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3064676.htm

 

[sharon sanders]

Map of Tanta in Al Gharbiyah District

Map of Tanta in Al Gharbiyah District

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[sharon sanders]

Samanoud is close to Tanta so .................

Samanoud is close to Tanta so .................

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

(Adds details of the case, background)

CAIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - An Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Monday, bringing the total number of human deaths in Egypt to seven, the state news agency MENA said.

The victim was a woman from the Nile Delta town of Samanoud who had slaughtered and handled domestic poultry, it said. It was the first human death in Egypt from the virus since May.

The agency had earlier identified the woman as 39-year-old Hanan Aboul Magd, who was admitted to hospital with a high temperature and respiratory trouble on Oct. 4.

She moved to a specialist hospital in Cairo on Oct. 12 and was receiving Tamiflu, the standard treatment for the deadly virus, MENA said.

It said people with whom she was in contact have tested negative for the H5N1 virus, which first appeared in Egypt in February and caused great damage to the poultry industry.

With 15 infections, Egypt has had the largest cluster of human bird flu cases outside Asia, and the latest case came a month after authorities found a cluster of new cases in birds following a two-month lull in detected poultry cases.

The initial bird flu outbreak caused panic in Egypt, where poultry is a major source of protein and where poor families frequently breed chicken domestically in cities and rural areas to supplement their diet and income.

MENA said Aboul Magd had raised a flock of 11 ducks from her home north of the Egyptian capital. Two became sick and died, and she then slaughtered the rest before she was hospitalised.

Egypt's commercial poultry industry has started to recover from the disease and the vast majority of commercial flocks have been vaccinated, but only about 20 percent of domestic birds had received vaccines, officials say.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3068642.htm

 

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

Bloomberg subscription service is reporting this. I can not find on the source document however.

http://www.gom.net.eg/gom1/gom.shtml


Human Bird Flu Case Reported in North Egypt, Al Ghomhuria Says
2006-10-30 02:42 (New York)


By Dania Saadi
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A suspected case of human bird flu
has been reported in the northern Egyptian governorate of
Gharbiyah, raising the number of possible infected humans in
the area to five, al-Ghomhuria reported, citing a local
hospital.
A 23-year-old woman in the city of Tanta was suspected of
having symptoms of avian flu and was transported to a local

hospital, the Cairo-based newspaper reported......
</PRE>

This appears to be a new suspect case. Today's fatality was the previously confirmed case, according to Rueters

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=43720&posted=1#post43720

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

This appears to be a new suspect case. Today's fatality was the previously confirmed case, according to Rueters

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=43720&posted=1#post43720

Yes indeed, and as Florida1 pointed out, both patients are from the same region: Al Gharbiya Governorate.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

I have another email into the Bloomberg reporter to confirm that these are, indeed, two separate persons. It appears, initially, that they are.

 

[HenryN]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10300601/H5N1_Egypt_Increase.html

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

Bloomberg subscription service is reporting this. I can not find on the source document however.

http://www.gom.net.eg/gom1/gom.shtml


Human Bird Flu Case Reported in North Egypt, Al Ghomhuria Says
2006-10-30 02:42 (New York)


By Dania Saadi
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A suspected case of human bird flu
has been reported in the northern Egyptian governorate of
Gharbiyah, raising the number of possible infected humans in
the area to five, al-Ghomhuria reported, citing a local
hospital.
A 23-year-old woman in the city of Tanta was suspected of
having symptoms of avian flu and was transported to a local

hospital, the Cairo-based newspaper reported......




</PRE>

Here is the current list, still missing one suspected case.

Case Listing
Monday, October 30, 2006
________________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:533
Country:Egypt
City and Region:Tanta, Al Gharbiyah Governate
Name:
Sex:F
Age:23
Symptom onset:
Hospital Admission:
Death:
Outcome:
WHO confirmed:No
Relation:
Hyperlink
10/30/2006
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43676&postcount=1

________________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:532
Country:Egypt
City and Region:Al Gharbiyah Governate
Name:Ula Abdel Razek
Sex:F
Age:28
Symptom onset:
Hospital Admission:
Death:
Outcome:
WHO confirmed:No
Relation:
Hyperlink
10/19/2006
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41291&postcount=14

________________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:531
Country:Egypt
City and Region:Al Gharbiyah Governate
Name:Basma Essam
Sex:
Age:
Symptom onset:
Hospital Admission:
Death:
Outcome:
WHO confirmed:No
Relation:
Hyperlink
10/26/2006
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42979&postcount=18

________________________________________________________________________________________
caseid:518
Country:Egypt
City and Region:Samanoud, Nile Delta, Al Gharbiya governate
Name:Hanan Aboul Magd
Sex:F
Age:39
Symptom onset:9/30/2006
Hospital Admission:10/4/2006
Death:10/30/2006
Outcome:D
WHO confirmed:Yes
Relation:
Hyperlink
10/10/2006
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38041&postcount=2
10/11/2006
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_10_11/en/index.html

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

From Al-Wafd...

Machine-translated from Arabic:

The death of an Egyptian citizen affected by her injury by the bird flu
Oct 30, 2006

The official Middle East News Agency in Egypt said that an Egyptian was dead because of the bird flu disease disease a day the two so that by that the number of death cases between the human being in Egypt rise because of the disease to seven.

And she added that the dead is from Samanoud city in Gharbiya Governorate in the north of Cairo and that she was injured by the infection during slaughter operation and the cleaning of house birds. And this the first death condition in Egypt because of the virus since May.

http://www.alwafd.org/front/ticker_show.php?id=18285&i=1

 

[Theresa42]

6 suspected cases in Tanta hospital?

6 suspected cases in Tanta hospital?

Machine-translated from Arabic:

Emergencies in the western [Al Gharbiya] and Alexandria for the confrontation of bird flu
Oct 31, 2006

He wrote - Atef Deibis and Al Sayed Said:

Sixth Tanta fevers hospital faced the condition of an injury suspicion by the bird flu to a patient that prays Fawziya Mousa, the hospital has received the day before yesterday the fifth suspicion condition of a patient that she is called Ismail's names and sending the patients samples took place to the central laboratories in Cairo*, and he declared yesterday the maximum state of emergency in all of the hospitals after the appearance of a positive condition for the injury to the patient Hanan Abul Magd [who has now died] and have been transferred to the Abbasid hospital and was still under the treatment.

[A]nd in Alexandria it smuggled the improvement village peoples who their houses for fear of the injury by the bird flu after the emission of bad smells inside a company for manufacturing the animal remains in the Ameri region and resembles the smell of the rotten poultry and the dangers of Amiriyah District and a system took place the protection of the affairs of environment and the Health Affairs Department.

http://www.alwafd.org/front/detail.php?id=15287&cat=smal&PHPSESSID=630d65b646221df959c4eb8d59762ebe


*Google-translation of that first sentence 'cause it was so unclear:

The hospital received the pathogenesis of Tanta sixth suspected case of avian influenza infection for patients claiming Fawzia Moussa, the hospital had received the day before yesterday, the fifth suspected case of the sick called names Ismail Almeridtin samples were sent to the central laboratory in Cairo.

To me, it sounds like there are 6 suspected cases in Tanta hospital -- number 5 being Ismail Almeridtin, number 6 being Fawzia Moussa. Not sure though. ??

 

[Theresa42]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

From the Kuwait news agency...

Machine-translated from Arabic:

The death of an Egyptian woman injured by the bird flu
Oct 30, 2006

The Egyptian Ministry of Health declared today the death of the seventh condition to a woman injured by the bird flu disease in one of the hospitals in the Egyptian capital Cairo is due to the stop of heart. And official spokesman Ministry of Health and Population doctor Abdul Rahman Shahin mentioned in a statement to the journalists that the doctors carried out attempts at the revival of heart and respiration but they did not succeed. And he said that the dead Mrs. belongs to anyone Gharbiya Governorate cities in north of Cairo and that they were exposed to the infection during slaughter operation and the cleaning of house birds and they were transferred to the hospital and she suffers from a rise in the temperature, a cough and the shortness of breath. And Doctor Shahin added that the work of rays took place to the chest where it became clear the presence of a double acute pneumonia pointing out that taking all medical measures took place and their giving a drug took place anti-an influenza "Tamiflu" just after their [her] entrance of the hospital after they fixed the positivity of their [her] injury by the disease. [Tamiflu given not soon enough perhaps...?] Mentions that the number of positive cases that were discovered its injury by the bird flu disease since its appearance and until now 16 case was dead from it seven case and the nine was cured the remaining.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=ar&DSNO=916958

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10300601/H5N1_Egypt_Increase.html

Commentary

Suspect H5N1 Patients in Egypt Continue to Increase
Recombinomics Commentary
October 30, 2006

A suspected case of human bird flu has been reported in the northern Egyptian governorate of Gharbiyah, raising the number of possible infected humans in the area to five, al-Ghomhuria reported, citing a local
hospital.

A 23-year-old woman in the city of Tanta was suspected of having symptoms of avian flu and was transported to a local hospital

The above translation indicates that the number of suspect bird flu cases in the Gharbiyah governorate continue to rise. The only confirmed case (39F) from Samanoud has died today, one month after developing symptoms. The H5N1 HA sequence from this patient has been released, and it has a polymorphisim, M230I, which is adjacent to the receptor binding domain.

Although reports on the latest fatality cite negative tests on relatives, the increasing number of hospitalized patients in the area is cause concern.

.

 

[T. ModestoPhD]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

who was the 6th fatality? I keep hearing about the 5th and now the 7th but where and what happened abut he 6th?
Thanks
TM

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

I have another email into the Bloomberg reporter to confirm that these are, indeed, two separate persons. It appears, initially, that they are.

Confirmation from reporter:

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its a different woman
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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

WHO

Avian influenza ? situation in Egypt ? update 10

31 October 2006

The Ministry of Health in Egypt has confirmed the country?s seventh death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 39-year-old woman, whose infection was confirmed on 11 October, died on 30 October.

Of the 15 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, seven have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_10_31/en/index.html

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

who was the 6th fatality? I keep hearing about the 5th and now the 7th but where and what happened abut he 6th?
Thanks
TM

Before the most recent WHO confirmed death noted in the Dutchy's post above, the last individual to die and be confirmed by WHO in Egypt was a 75 year old woman who died on May 18, 2006 (6th fatality).

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Egypt - 23 year old in Gharbiyah

More details about the latest victim

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a seventh fatal case of bird flu.

"The patient was infected through slaughtering and cleaning infected domestic poultry at her home city of Samoud, El-Gharbiya governorate," read the ministry's statement.

The female patient was admitted to the hospital in El-Mahalla El-Kobra on Oct. 4 suffering from fever, coughing and breathing problems. She was transferred to Al-Abassiya Hospital in Cairo on Oct. 12 after tests revealed a severe case of lung infection.

According to the ministry, the woman received a dose of Tamiflu, a widely recognized anti-bird flu drug, after tests confirmed her infection with the virus.

The patient was on an artificial respiratory machine when she suffered heart failure. She died on Oct. 30.

The ministry confirms that all the people the patient may have come into contact with have been checked."The follow up revealed that they didn't show any of the symptoms," the statement added.

Last week, Health Minister Hatem Al-Gabali said he feared a fresh spate of human bird flu cases in the coming weeks.

"Bird flu is still present and we will witness new cases this winter. We just hope they won't be fatal," he told parliament.

"The population still refrains from informing the authorities when poultry is infected, especially in domestic rearing," he added.

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3709