Alleged 8 Egyptians infected with bird horses
8 Egyptians infected with equine influenza.
Hat-tip Helblindi at PFI:
29/Apr/09
http://www.alwafd.org/details.aspx?nid=19406
Denied yesterday by Dr. Ibrahim BHANDARE director of preventive medicine General Authority for Veterinary Services of the Ministry of Agriculture reports about the presence of human cases of avian horses.
The professor, Dr. Muhammad Farooq diagnostic laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Assiut confirmed the presence of 8 human cases of horse flu in the province, the lake. And warned of what he described as a real disaster.
Dr. BHANDARE by operations room body veterinarian's best to follow the daily movement of the virus in the provinces. The sampling of the lake and the oases of Kafr el-Sheikh and Wadi Natrun show integrity and denied. BHANDARE was echoed by Dr. Mohamed Farouk the possibility of transmission of influenza virus cats to humans through bird. He said that possibility does not exist. And Dr Mohammad Farooq to the spread of equine influenza virus in Egypt by 20% between horses.
He also pointed to the spread of the disease governorates in Lower Egypt, more than Upper Egypt, especially in provinces: West Lake, Alexandria, Dakahlia The rates of death due to influenza horses per 3% only.
