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EGYPT 31 Dec 2007 - 1 Jan 2008

Giuseppe

Giuseppe

Emeritus
(2a) [AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN, EGYPT] Egypitan woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30241798.htm]

30 Dec 2007 17:50:44 GMT
Source: Reuters

CAIRO, Dec 30 (Reuters) -

A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said.

Fatma Fathi Mohamed died in hospital in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, three days after she was admitted to a smaller local hospital with a high temperature and difficulty breathing, it said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.

Her death was the 17th in Egypt since the virus was first detected in February 2006. (Writing by Jonathan Wright; editing by Keith Weir)

AlertNet news


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[World Health Organization confirmed the death of a 25 year old female patient from Beni Souef (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_12_26a/en/index.html) and two additional cases (one from Damietta, a 50 year old female and one from Menoufia, another female of 22 years of age (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_12_28a/en/index.html)). The above report seems to be related to an additional - to date unreported - case. - ms.]
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT.:.

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niman said:
Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12300703/H5N1_Egypt_4_Confirmed.html
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Commentary

Fourth Confirmed H5N1 Case in Egypt This Week

Recombinomics Commentary 20:48
December 30, 2007

Fatma Fathi Mohamed died in hospital in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, three days after she was admitted to a smaller local hospital with a high temperature and difficulty breathing, it said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.

The above comments describe the fourth confirmed H5N1 case in Egypt this week. The case is also the second fatality, suggesting a more virulent H5N1 is circulating in Egypt at this time. The other two patients are in critical condition or in the ICU.

H5N1 has been spreading in Egypt this week, indicating more human cases are likely.

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Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Hat-tip, christian!

Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week
30 Dec 2007 18:23:19 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds details of other recent cases)

CAIRO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said.

Fatma Fathi Mohamed died in hospital in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, three days after she was admitted to a smaller local hospital with a high temperature and difficulty breathing, it said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.

Her death was the 17th in Egypt since the deadly virus arrived in February 2006 and it was the 42nd case of bird flu reported among humans in the Arab world's most populous country.

The Health Ministry said that the latest victim was suspected of handling sick domestic birds -- the usual way of contracting the virus in Egypt.

On Wednesday last week another 25-year-old woman, Ola Younis, died of bird flu in Beni Suef province south of Cairo, the first case of this winter season.

It is the third winter that the virus has struck, after appearing to remain dormant during the hot summers.

The health ministry said on Thursday that two other Egyptians had contracted the disease and were receiving treatment. But the latest death was not one of those and one health official said those two were still in hospital.

John Jabbour, an official at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said last week that the new cases were not surprising.

"The agent is there... Since July we've had no human cases and many things calmed down, so people returned to dealing with live birds as usual. Since the virus is there, we expect to have human cases. It's not a surprise at all," Jabbour said.

The government has promoted a poultry vaccination programme but coercive measures are hard to enforce.

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.

Health experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that spreads easily from one person to another, possibly triggering a pandemic that could kill millions.

The virus has killed 212 people since it re-emerged in 2003, according to the most recent figures from the WHO.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30243102.htm
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Hat-tip, christian!

Egypt announces new bird flu death
Monday Dec 31 05:57 AEDT

Egypt's health ministry on Sunday announced the death of a 25-year-old woman from the H5N1 strain of bird flu -- the second case in a week.

Fatma Fathi Mohammed, 25, died in hospital in the Nile Delta province of Mansura, where she was admitted on December 27 after complaining of high fever and shortness of breath, health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin said in a statement carried by the official MENA news agency.

Mohammed, who comes from neighbouring Daqahliya province, had been exposed to infected poultry, Shahin said.

It was the 42nd case reported in humans since the virus first appeared in the country in February 2006. Her death was the 17th in Egypt.

She was the second woman to die of bird flu in a week. Oula Yunes Ali, 25, died on Tuesday after being admitted to hospital the previous Friday with a high fever.

Two others have been diagnosed with the disease since Ali's death.

The first case is a 50 year old woman from Damietta province who was hospitalized on December 24 and is in a critical condition, according to the World Health Organisation.

The second case is a 22-year-old woman chicken seller from Menufia province. She was admitted to hospital on December 26 and is currently recovering in intensive care, the WHO said.

Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali warned against "slackness in the preventive measures taken to fight bird flu especially as winter approaches."

Following Tuesday's death, Shahin called on the public to remain vigilant and deplored the relaxation of precautions because of the belief that the virus had disappeared. Her death was the first in six months.

Shahin called for "banning the raising of fowl in towns, transporting them between provinces without authorisation and also reinforcing controls on where they are raised and sold."

He warned that sick people denying they have been in contact with contaminated domestic fowl makes it more difficult to detect the virus and to treat it, which leads to people dying.

Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus because of their role in taking care of domestic fowl.

Egypt's location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside Asia.

The government says it is conducting a vigorous campaign to combat the spread of the virus through vaccinations and raising awareness.

The World Health Organisation said earlier this year that countries around the world had improved their defences against bird flu, but the situation remained critical in Egypt and Indonesia where the risk of the H5N1 virus mutating into a major human threat remains high.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=341008
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Is it not interesting that no other family members have been sickened?

Rural Egypt is populated by extended families living in multilevel buildings, the roofs of which are used for sunbread baking. There are always a myriad of children present. They play in the fields, streets and rooftops.

I'm surprised that so far this strain, while high path, and in fact, very high path, as Niman says 2 dead and 2 critical, would mean, but for Tamiflu, 100% mortality, has not yet shown itself to be H2H.

It will be most interesting to see the genetics...to see if this strain is Tamiflu resistant. This will be known momentariliy, if the Health authorities are candid and open with their facts. Egypt, now for 2 years, has been the most responsible in the release of their findings, and are to be lauded for this outstanding openness. Thank you to each involved at the Egyptian Health Authority and its closely cooperating American entity, NAMRU3.
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Hat-tip, christian!

25-year-old Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, country's 17th fatality
The Associated Press
Published: December 30, 2007

CAIRO, Egypt: A 25-year Egyptian woman has died of bird flu after apparently contracting the disease from poultry, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

Fatima Fathi Mohammed was the second fatality and the third case of the lethal virus announced by Egypt in less than a week.

Mohammed, a resident of the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya, was admitted to hospital on Friday [Dec 28] suffering from high fever and breathing difficulties, Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahamn Shahin said.

She was later tested positive on the H5N1 strain of bird flu, he said in a statement. "She was in contact with fowl suspected of having the virus," he said.

Mohammed died Sunday, bringing to 17 the number of Egyptians to have succumbed to the fatal strain since it first appeared in the country last year.

On Wednesday, Ola Youness Mohammed, from the town of Beni Soweif, some 200 kilometers (130 miles) south of Cairo, died of bird flu.

On Friday, the World Health Organization said two women in Egypt have tested positive for a lethal strain of bird flu. The U.N. health agency said a 50-year-old woman was hospitalized with the H5N1 strain of the disease on Dec. 24 and is in critical condition. A 22-year-old female chicken seller infected with the same strain was hospitalized Dec. 26 and is recovering in intensive care, it said.

The cases, which were reported by Egypt's Ministry of Health, bring the total number of H5N1 infections in the country to 41, including the 17 fatalities.

Most of the fatalities have been women or girls whose families raise poultry in backyards and who had daily contact with chickens or turkeys.

Egypt is one of the countries most affected by the H5N1 strain outside Asia, where the bird flu outbreak began. The country lies on a main route for migratory birds, which are believed to have brought the disease.

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has hit 45 countries has and killed nearly 200 people worldwide since 2003. It has resulted in the culling of millions of birds. The virus has infected more than 340 people and killed at least 212 since 2003, mostly in Asia.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/30/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Bird-flu.php
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Interestingly, all of these four recent cases have been announced either in the evening or late at night Egypt time. Takes an extra day, then, for most of the Egyptian newspapers to get the story out. :rolleyes:

Google-translated from Arabic:

The death of a woman from Dakahlia illness after bird flu
12/30/2007 7:32:00 PM

CAIRO - Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Shaheen, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday the death of the impact of new cases of avian influenza illness.

Shaheen said in a statement that confirmed case of human infection No. 42 contracted bird flu, a sick alleges Fatima Mohamed Fathi 25 years from the Centre Address Dakahlia governorate.

He pointed out that it had entered the hospital salt Address on December 27 are suffering from high temperature and narrow breathing and pneumonia after exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu disease, and was transferred to a hospital Mansoura on Saturday [Dec 29], and died Sunday [Dec 30].

It is noteworthy that this is the case of death No. 17 in Egypt for monitoring the disease for the first time in February 2006.

And Dr. Hatem mountain Minister of Health has warned of lax methods preventive health in the face of bird flu, especially with the entry of winter; stressing the necessity of maintaining the success achieved by Egypt in the face of this disease - which praised by the international organizations working in the field of health.

She said the Ministry of Health on Thursday that the Egyptians and others suffered illness receive treatment. But death is not the last case patients and health official said that the cases are still in hospital.

John Jabbour said an official of the World Health Organization last week that the emergence of new cases is not a surprise.

Jabbour said "the virus exists .. Since July were not to have human cases and calmed down a lot of things and therefore returned to the people dealing with living birds as usual. Virus exists, because we expect that there will be human cases ... is not a surprise at all."

And promote the government programme to vaccinate birds, but difficult to coercive measures applied.

And adopt a five million houses in Egypt for poultry as a major source of food and income, the government said that this makes it unlikely that the eradication of the disease.

Health experts fear that the virus mutated into a form spread rapidly from one person to another on a pandemic that could kill millions of people.

The virus killed 212 2003, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egypt/Politics/december/30/flu_death.aspx
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Is there any way to know what treatment the infected are receiving?

By now wouldn't Tamiflu be started immediately?
 
Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

Re: .:.17th H5N1 death in EGYPT [Fatma Fathi Mohamed].:.

The death of new cases contracted the avian flu

أعلن الدكتور عبد الرحمن شاهين المتحدث باسم وزارة الصحة والسكان اليوم /الأحد/ وفاة حالة جديدة اثر إصابتها بمرض انفلونزا الطيور .​
Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population Day / Sunday / death after being shot new cases of avian influenza disease.

وقال شاهين في بيان له أمس 30-12-2007 انه تأكدت اصابة الحالة البشرية رقم 42 بمرض انفلونزا الطيور ، وهى لمريضة تدعى فاطمة فتحى محمد /25 عاما/ من مركز دكرنس بمحافظة الدقهلية .​
Shaheen said in a statement yesterday 30-12-2007 it confirmed case of human infection No. 42 disease bird flu, a sick alleges Fatima Mohamed Fathi / 25 years old / Center Dkrns Dakahlia governorate.

واشار الى أنها قد دخلت مستشفى حميات دكرنس يوم 27 ديسمبر الجاري وهى تعاني من ارتفاع في درجة الحرارة وضيق بالتنفس والتهاب رئوي عقب تعرضها لطيور يشتبه في اصابتها بمرض انفلونزا الطيور ، وتم تحويلها الى مستشفى صدر المنصورة أول ، وتوفيت أمس .​
He pointed out that it had entered the hospital pathogenesis Dkrns on December 27 under which suffers from high temperature and narrow breathing and pneumonia after exposure to infected birds suspected to have contracted the bird flu, was transferred to the hospital was the first of Mansoura, died yesterday.

http://translate.google.com/transla...=&rls=TSHA,TSHA:2006-07,TSHA:en&sa=G&as_qdr=d​
 
Egypt 31 Dec 2007 - 1 Jan 2008, Fatma Fathi Mohammed, 25

Egypt 31 Dec 2007 - 1 Jan 2008, Fatma Fathi Mohammed, 25

Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO
31 Dec 2007 18:24:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

CAIRO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A woman died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in northern Egypt on Monday, the country's fourth fatality from the virus in less than a week, the World Health Organisation said.
John Jabbour, an Egypt-based official with the WHO, said this and all other recent cases were believed to have been caused by exposure to sick or dead back-yard birds. (Reporting by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Michael Winfrey)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31519688.htm
 
Re: Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO

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niman said:
Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO
31 Dec 2007 18:24:13 GMT
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</SPAN><!-- Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO --><!-- Reuters -->CAIRO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A woman died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in northern Egypt on Monday, the country's fourth fatality from the virus in less than a week, the World Health Organisation said.
John Jabbour, an Egypt-based official with the WHO, said this and all other recent cases were believed to have been caused by exposure to sick or dead back-yard birds. (Reporting by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Michael Winfrey)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31519688.htm
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It is unclear if this fourth fatality is one of the two surviving cases confirmed last week, or is a sixth confirmed case.
 
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Two Egyptian women die of bird flu
31 Dec 2007 19:00:36 GMT
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CAIRO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Two Egyptian women died of bird flu on Monday, bringing to four the number of fatalities from the virus in the most populous Arab country in less than a week.
All four cases involved women and are believed to have resulted from exposure to sick or dead back-yard birds.
Firdaus Mohamed Hadad of Menoufia province in the Nile Delta was taken to hospital on Saturday and died early on Monday, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
"She suffered from a high fever and difficulty breathing and had a pulmonary infection after coming into contact with birds suspected of being infected with avian flu," the statement said. "She was placed on a respirator but died at dawn on Monday."
Later, John Jabbour, an Egypt-based official with the WHO, said a second, unnamed, woman died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in northern Egypt.
The deaths were the 18th and 19th bird flu fatalities in Egypt since the virus arrived in early 2006.
It is the third winter that the virus has struck after lying low during Egypt's hot summers, when it is much less likely to spread from one carrier to another.
The government has promoted a poultry vaccination programme but coercive measures are hard to enforce.
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.
Deaths from bird flu now total more than 210 worldwide since 2003 and have been reported in several African and Asian countries, as well as in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Health experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that spreads easily from one person to another, possibly triggering a pandemic that could kill millions. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Stephen Weeks)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31423521.htm
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Egypt records 19th bird flue fatality after two women die Monday
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Egyptian health officials reported the deaths Monday of two women from bird flu, bringing to 19 the number of the country's fatalities since the lethal H5N1 strain first appeared here last year.
The deaths, along with those of two other women just days ago, bring to four the number of women who died from the strain in a single week.
The Health Ministry first reported Monday the death of Fardous Mahammed Hadad, 36, from Menoufia, 60 kilometers north of Cairo. Hadad, who was said to have contracted the disease from domestic fowl, was admitted to hospital on Sunday with breathing difficulties and high fever and later tested positive on the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the ministry said.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517257979&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer
 
Re: Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO

Re: Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=NewsDetailsTitle>Another Egyptian woman dies of bird flu disease, ministry confirms </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=NewsDetailsCategory>Health 12/31/2007 11:23:00 PM</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=ArticleDetails><TABLE class=ImageFloat cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=pictureCaption id=tdCaption align=middle width=180></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>CAIRO, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- The Egyptian health ministry announced on Monday another death case of bird flu disease, the 44th since the outbreak of the epidemic in Egypt early 2006.
In a statement, the ministry said a 50-years-old woman of Dumiyadh governorate, north of Cairo, died today as result of infection with the H5N1 virus.
The woman was transfered to the hospital after contacting the sich birds.
Earlier today, the ministry announced the death of a 36-years-old woman as result of the bird flu disease.
Egypt detected the first H5N1 virus in dead poultry in February 2006, and the first human case in March of the same year. (end) rg.bz.
KUNA 312323 Dec 07NNNN

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1871792&Language=en
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Re: Woman dies of bird flu in Egypt, fourth in week-WHO

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28 December 2007
The Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt has announced two new cases of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. The first case is a 50 year old female from Domiatt Governorate. She was hospitalized on 24 December and is in critical condition.
The second case is a 22 year old female chicken seller from Menofia Governorate. She was hospitalized on 26 December and is presently recovering in intensive care.
Both women had contact with sick and dead poultry prior to illness onset.
Of the 41 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 16 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_12_28a/en/index.html
 
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