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Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 - May 18, 2009

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The deteriorating health situation «No. 64» of infected b «avian flu» in the «fevers Kafr El-Sheikh» .. And 3 new wells in Aswan and Beni Suef

Day wrote Oboualainin Abduljawad, Magdi Omar Sheikh and Mahmoud Jafari 4-17-2009

Dr Susan Oboualabasy, director of the hospital admitted Kafr El-Sheikh, said that Saadia Ahmed Abdul Latif Hamid, «33 years» from the city of Kulain, Case No. 64, announced the Ministry of Health of her disease, bird flu before she came to the hospital at 10 days, resulting in delayed their health.

The patient arrived to the hospital after nine in the morning, the day before yesterday, and the samples were taken immediately and the result arrived at 5.30 pm the same day, after her family offered more than a doctor and failed to describe the disease, and she is now double pneumonia and was placed on a respirator and being given a strong anti-solvents in addition to Tamiflu, which is under the personal care of the seriousness of her condition, and said her husband, Ahmed Abdel Salam Abutaleb: We have 3 children, were sentenced to 10 years of the fifth grade of primary and second primary grade Khalid, Ibrahim 4 years, explaining that his wife Tzbhaa bought the duck and put it with the straw in the 20 pullet-rearing birds, including 13 Vnfq chickens.

And after his wife was in the high temperature and severe bone pain I went to the doctors in the group and Desouk Kulain and Professor of Alexandria and the Chief confirmed that they all «non-infected» avian flu, and recommended the removal of one lung Vchin, after the intensification of the disease went to the hospital Kulain central and ran after they have been checked for allocation to the «fevers» Kafr El-Sheikh.

In Aswan, said Dr. Mohammed Salah, the deputy health minister, the government, two things that have been found positive for the disease-infected birds were culled 170 chickens in the market Thursday, and the closure of 4 stores to sell live poultry.

In Beni Suef Muheisen Dr. Abd Al-Rahim, Director General of Veterinary Medicine in the county, the emergence of a positive focus for the birds infected with the disease in the house of Mohammed students students, a village of the Center for Dndel Nasser, was the execution of about 443 birds and vaccination of about 4000 birds in the region that has emerged as the focus.

At the level of disease control, said Major General Abdel Salam Mahgoub, Minister of Local Development, Head of Higher Ministerial Committee to combat avian flu, will be holding an emergency meeting next week in the ministry, in the presence of ministers of health, agriculture, environment, local development, to discuss the expansion of decision-making leading to the disease.

The minister «Egyptian today», the meeting will discuss the possibility of financing the compensation fund for those affected by the disease in case of approval of the Commission on its establishment following the completion of the study


http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=207475

تدهور صحة الحالة «رقم ٦٤» المصابة بـ«أنفلونزا الطيور» فى «حميات كفر الشيخ».. و٣ بؤر جديدة فى أسوان وبنى سويف

كتب عيد عبدالجواد ومجدى أبوالعينين وعمر الشيخ ومحمود الجعفرى ١٧/ ٤/ ٢٠٠٩

قالت الدكتورة سوزان أبوالعباسى، مديرة مستشفى حميات كفر الشيخ، إن سعدية أحمد عبداللطيف حامد، «٣٣ سنة» من مدينة قلين، الحالة رقم ٦٤، التى أعلنت وزارة الصحة إصابتها بالمرض، أصيبت بأنفلونزا الطيور قبل حضورها للمستشفى بـ ١٠ أيام، مما أدى إلى تأخر حالتها الصحية.

وأضافت أن المريضة وصلت إلى المستشفى بعد التاسعة صباح أمس الأول، وعلى الفور تم أخذ عينات منها ووصلت النتيجة الساعة ٥.٣٠ من مساء اليوم نفسه، بعد أن عرضتها أسرتها على أكثر من طبيب وفشلوا فى وصف المرض، وهى مصابة الآن بالتهاب رئوى مزدوج وتم وضعها على جهاز تنفس صناعى ويتم إعطاؤها مضادات قوية ومحاليل إضافة إلى عقار تاميفلو وهى تحت رعايتها الشخصية لخطورة حالتها، وقال زوجها أحمد عبدالسلام أبوطالب:لدينا ٣ أولاد، هم محمد ١٠ سنوات بالصف الخامس الابتدائى، وخالد بالصف الثانى الابتدائى، وإبراهيم ٤ سنوات، موضحاً أن زوجته اشترت بطة لتذبحها ووضعتها مع ٢٠ فرخة فى عشة تربية الطيور فنفق منها ١٣ دجاجة.

وبعدها شعرت زوجته بارتفاع فى درجة الحرارة وألم شديد بالعظام فذهبت لمجموعة أطباء فى قلين ودسوق وأستاذ كبير بالإسكندرية وأكدوا جميعاً أنها «غير مصابة» بأنفلونزا الطيور، وأحدهم أوصى باستئصال فصين من الرئة، وبعد اشتداد المرض ذهبت بها إلى مستشفى قلين المركزى وبعد فحصها أسرعوا بإحالتها إلى «حميات» كفر الشيخ.

وفى أسوان قال الدكتور محمد صلاح، وكيل وزارة الصحة بالمحافظة، إنه تم اكتشاف بؤرتين إيجابيتين لطيور مصابة بالمرض وتم إعدام ١٧٠ دجاجة بمنطقة سوق الخميس وإغلاق ٤ محال لبيع الدواجن الحية.

وفى بنى سويف أكد الدكتور عبدالرحيم محيسن، مدير عام الطب البيطرى فى المحافظة، ظهور بؤرة إيجابية لطيور مصابة بالمرض فى منزل طلبة محمد طلبة، قرية دنديل التابعة لمركز ناصر، وتم إعدام نحو ٤٤٣ طائراً وتحصين نحو ٤٠٠٠ طائر فى المنطقة التى ظهرت بها البؤرة.

وعلى صعيد مكافحة المرض قال اللواء عبدالسلام المحجوب وزير التنمية المحلية، رئيس اللجنة الوزارية العليا لمكافحة أنفلونزا الطيور، إنه سيتم عقد اجتماع طارئ فى الوزارة الأسبوع المقبل، بحضور وزراء الصحة والزراعة والبيئة والتنمية المحلية، لمناقشة التوسع فى اتخاذ القرارات المؤدية لحصر المرض.

وأكد الوزير لـ«المصرى اليوم» أن الاجتماع سوف يناقش إمكانية تمويل صندوق التعويضات للمتضررين من المرض فى حالة موافقة اللجنة على إنشائه عقب الانتهاء من دراسته
 
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17 April 2009 -- The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza . The case is a 33 year old female from Kellin district, Kfr El Sheikh Governorate. Her symptoms began on 7 April and she was hospitalized at Kfr El Sheikh Fever Hospital on 15 April where she was started on oseltamivir the same day (15 April). She is in a critical condition.
Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory on 15 April.
Investigations into the source of her infection indicate a history of close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
Of the 64 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.


http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_17/en/index.html
 
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From Caìro

Declaration No. 65 on the incidence of bird flu, a woman from Al-Marg . Health and condition of critical


4/17/2009 8:16:00 PM

CAIRO - Editor Masrawy - Friday confirmed the incidence of human disease No. 65 of avian influenza a gift to Ms. Salah Rajab, 25 years of Lawn and condition of health is precarious.

A statement by the Ministry of Health, Ms. gift Demerdash entered the hospital on April 11, has been suffering from very high Drjpahararp, cough, and was given the drug Tamiflu, and then deteriorated health condition Friday, a result of shortness of breath and was placed on a ventilator and her condition is unstable and critical.

Mentioned that this is the case No. 65 since the disease appeared in Egypt, and the injury resulting from mixing with the infected birds.

Source: Middle East News Agency

http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2009/april/17/birdflumarg.aspx?ref=rss
 
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[WARNING: Google Raw Machine Translation from Arabic to English. Too see original text, follow this link: http://www.spa.gov.sa/cdetails.php?id=655512&catid=3 - EDITED.]

COMMON / new human infection with bird flu in Egypt
Cairo, the other 21 spring 1430 Hijri April 17, 2009 WAS

The Ministry of Health in Egypt the discovery of human infection No. 65 of bird flu, an Egyptian woman named ... Salah Ragab / a 25-year-old from the ... Cairo.

The Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement today that the onset of symptoms in infected atheist meeting this month where the impact entered the hospital suffering from a very high temperature and cough after exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.

The statement pointed out that once the suspicion of disease, injury, Ms. Egyptian was given a drug / Tamiflu / but her health has deteriorated today as a result of shortness of breath and their unstable and critical.
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عام/إصابة بشرية جديدة بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور في مصر
القاهرة 21 ربيع الآخر 1430هـ الموافق 17 ابريل 2009م واس
أعلنت وزارة الصحة المصرية عن اكتشاف الإصابة البشرية رقم 65 بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور لسيدة مصرية تدعى / هدية صلاح رجب / تبلغ من العمر 25 عاما من منطقة المرج بالقاهرة.
وقالت وزارة الصحة المصرية في بيان لها اليوم إن بداية ظهور الأعراض على المصابة كانت في الحادي عشر من الشهر الجاري حيث دخلت على إثرها المستشفى وهي تعاني من ارتفاع شديد في درجة الحرارة وسعال عقب تعرضها لطيور يشتبه في إصابتها بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور.
وأشار البيان إلى أنه فور الاشتباه في إصابة السيدة المصرية بالمرض تم إعطاؤها عقار / التاميفلو / إلا أن حالتها الصحية تدهورت اليوم نتيجة ضيق في التنفس وحالتها غير مستقرة وحرجة.
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[WARNING: Google Raw Machine Translation from Arabic to English. To see original text, follow this link: http://www.egynews.net/wps/portal/!...59/news_politics_egypt/2009041720282104000926 - EDITED.]

Egypt announces 65 bird flu infection of a woman from Cairo


The Egyptian Ministry of Health Friday, injuring a woman with bird flu, bringing the total number of people infected since the first outbreak in Egypt in 2006 to 65 people.

The ministry said in a statement that called the gift Ms. Salah Rajab (25 years) from the prairie into a hospital Demerdash April 11, 2009, has been suffering from very high temperature and cough, and was given the drug Tamiflu, and then deteriorated health condition Friday, a result of shortness of breath and was placed on the a ventilator and her condition is unstable and critical.

Egyptian families are still in rural areas and still maintain the custom of raising poultry at home, leading to contact with children and women.

According to WHO statistics, bird flu has killed nearly 250 people in the world since 2003, mostly in South-East Asia.

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مصر تعلن الإصابة 65 بأنفلونزا الطيور لسيدة من القاهرة


أعلنت وزارة الصحة المصرية الجمعة إصابة سيدة بأنفلونزا الطيور، ليرتفع إجمالي عدد الذين أصيبوا بالمرض منذ ظهوره في مصر عام 2006 إلى 65 شخصا.

وذكر بيان للوزارة أن السيدة وتدعى هدية صلاح رجب (25 عاما) من المرج دخلت مستشفى الدمرداش 11 ابريل/نيسان 2009 وهى تعانى من ارتفاع شديد في درجة الحرارة وسعال، وتم إعطائها عقار التاميفلو، ثم تدهورت حالتها الصحية الجمعة نتيجة ضيق في التنفس وتم وضعها على جهاز التنفس الصناعي وحالتها غير مستقرة وحرجة.

ولا تزال الأسر المصرية في المناطق الريفية محتفظة بعادة تربية الدواجن في المنازل مما يؤدي إلى اختلاطها خاصة بالأطفال والسيدات.

وحسب إحصاءات منظمة الصحة العالمية فان أنفلونزا الطيور قتلت حوالي 250 شخصا في العالم منذ 2003، أكثرهم في جنوب شرق آسيا.

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[WARNING: Google Raw Machine Translation from Arabic to English. To see original text, follow this link: http://ara.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idARACAE53G0SX20090417 - EDITED.]

Egypt announces human infection of bird flu, No. 65
Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:21 pm GMT

CAIRO (Reuters) -

The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Friday that a woman in one of Cairo's hit by bird flu to be the fifth disease in Egypt this month.

Quoted by the official MENA news agency as an account of the ministry as saying that the gift Salah Ragab (25 years) from the district Lawn Demerdash transferred to a hospital in Cairo on 11 April where she was suffering from very high temperature and cough.

The agency added that it was put on a ventilator and that her state of health "is unstable and critical."

This brings the number of infection cases were confirmed to have H5N1 that the bird flu to 65 in the case of Egypt, which has become the countries most affected by the disease outside of Asia.

Since the 2003 virus, "said the 5 H 1," at least 412 people in 15 countries and caused the deaths of 254 of them. It also led to the deaths or culling of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia and the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

He died about 23 Egyptians, most of the virus after contact with infected domestic birds in a country which depends on the family of five million poultry in the home as an important source of food and income.

Rarely infects HIV 1 to 5 human, but experts fear it could mutate into a form that could pass easily between humans, a pandemic that could kill millions of people.

The World Health Organization said this month it was worried that some Egyptians may have the virus that causes bird flu without showing any symptoms, which may increase the chance the virus will mutate into a strain easily spread among humans.
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مصر تعلن عن الاصابة البشرية رقم 65 بانفلونزا الطيور
Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:21pm GMT

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القاهرة (رويترز) - قالت وزارة الصحة المصرية يوم الجمعة ان سيدة بأحد احياء القاهرة اصيبت بمرض انفلونزا الطيور لتكون خامس اصابة بالمرض في مصر هذا الشهر.

ونقلت وكالة انباء الشرق الاوسط الرسمية عن بيان للوزارة قوله ان هدية صلاح رجب (25 عاما) من حي المرج نقلت الى مستشفى الدمرداش بالقاهرة يوم 11 ابريل نيسان حيث كانت تعاني من ارتفاع شديد في درجة الحرارة وسعال.

واضافت الوكالة انها وضعت على جهاز التنفس الصناعي وان حالتها الصحية "غير مستقرة وحرجة".

وبهذه الاصابة يرتفع عدد الحالات التي تأكد اصابتها بفيروس اتش5 ان1 المسبب لمرض انفلونزا الطيور الى 65 حالة في مصر التي اصبحت أكثر الدول تضررا بهذا المرض خارج اسيا.

ومنذ عام 2003 اصاب فيروس "اتش5 ان1" 412 شخصا على الاقل في 15 دولة وتسبب في وفاة 254 منهم. كما ادى الى نفوق أو اعدام أكثر من 300 مليون طائر في 61 دولة في اسيا والشرق الاوسط وافريقيا واوروبا.

وتوفى نحو 23 مصريا بعد الاصابة بالفيروس معظمهم خالطوا طيورا منزلية مصابة في بلد تعتمد فيه خمسة ملايين اسرة على تربية الدواجن في المنازل كمصدر مهم للغذاء والدخل.

ونادرا ما يصيب فيروس اتش5 ان1 الانسان لكن الخبراء يخشون من انه قد يتحور الى شكل يمكن ان ينتقل بسهولة بين البشر ويصبح وباء قد يقتل ملايين الاشخاص.

وقالت منظمة الصحة العالمية هذا الشهر انها تشعر بالقلق من ان بعض المصريين ربما يحملون الفيروس المسبب للاصابة بانفلونزا الطيور دون ان تظهر عليهم الاعراض وهو ما قد يزيد من فرصة تحور الفيروس الى سلالة تنتشر بسهولة بين البشر.
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Ms. Salah Rajab, 25 years of Lawn
"Lawn" المرج) one of the ten neighborhoods or districts in the eastern region of Cairo.
Egypt Cairo Lawn No 65 .jpg

Map with hot links at: http://www.cairo.gov.eg/C7/areas/default.aspx
 
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Egyptian woman contracts bird flu virus - agency

17 Apr 2009 20:34:58 GMT

Source: Reuters

CAIRO, April 17 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus after coming into contact with infected birds, the latest case in a growing spate of infections in Egypt, state media said on Friday.

The new infection brings to 65 the number of bird flu cases in humans in the most populous Arab country, which has been hit harder by bird flu than any other country outside Asia.

The woman, from El-Marg on Cairo's outskirts, was in a critical condition on a ventilator after falling ill with a fever on April 11. She was being treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu, state news agency MENA reported.

While H5N1 avian influenza virus rarely infects people, experts say they fear it could mutate into a form that people could easily pass to one another, sparking a pandemic that could kill millions.

Since 2003, H5N1 has infected at least 411 people in 15 countries and killed 254. It has killed or forced the culling of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Egypt has seen a surge in cases in recent months, with 14 people confirmed to have contracted this virus since the start of the year compared to seven in the same period last year. Most of the new cases have been young children, a change from 2008.

Some 23 Egyptians have died after contracting the bird flu virus. Most of those infected had come into contact with infected domestic birds in a country where roughly 5 million households depend on domestically raised poultry as a significant source of food and income.

The World Health Organisation said this month it was concerned some Egyptians may carry the bird flu virus without showing symptoms, which could give it more of a chance to mutate to a strain that spreads easily among humans. The issue will be the subject of an Egyptian government study backed by WHO. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH938149.htm
 
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Reuters Arabic piece in post #26 (http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=219526&postcount=26) doesn't make reference to poultry contact and 25 years old woman now confirmed H5N1 infected, as Reuters English piece does.

Interesting. Usually when additional facts are obtained the news agencies start to update the original report with a notation. i.e. "Update 1"
 
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"Lawn" (<style>BODY { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } </style><basefont face="Verdana" size="2">المرج) one of the ten neighborhoods or districts in the eastern region of Cairo.
Map with hot links at: http://www.cairo.gov.eg/C7/areas/default.aspx

Another post above cites the woman as coming from El-Marg. These reports suggest that woman lived within a couple of miles of the Cairo International Airport.
 
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Looks like 6M and 25F also went to same hospital (or same hospital complex) in Cairo. 6M went to Ain Shams University, while 25F went to Demerdash.
 
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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (74): EGYPT, 64TH CASE SUSPECTED
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Date: Wed 15 Apr 2009
Source: Agence France-Presse report [edited]
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Egypt woman critically ill with bird flu
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A 33-year-old woman has contracted bird flu, the 64th recorded case
since the 1st outbreak of the disease in Egypt in 2006, the health
ministry announced on Wednesday [15 Apr 2009]. The woman from the
Kafr el-Sheikh province of northern Egypt is in critical condition
and on an artificial respirator, state-run news agency MENA quoted a
health ministry official as saying. She 1st showed symptoms of flu
more than a week ago after being exposed to dead fowl thought to have
been carrying the disease, the official said.

Egypt has seen an increase in bird flu cases over the past month. The
World Health Organisation (WHO) called last month [March 2009] for an
investigation into why many of the victims have been young children.
A total of 23 people have died of bird flu in Egypt. Most of the
victims have been young girls or women, who are generally in charge
of looking after poultry in rural areas.

Egypt hosted an international conference on bird flu in October
[2008], when Washington pledged an additional 320 million dollars to
the fight against the disease amid fears it may yet escalate into a
global pandemic. The H5N1 strain of the virus that is most dangerous
to humans 1st emerged in Asia in 2003 and has since caused nearly 250
deaths, according to WHO figures. Scientists fear that a mutation of
the bird flu virus resulting in a strain easily transmitted among
humans could create a pandemic, potentially affecting up to one-fifth
of the world's population.

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Date: Wed 15 Apr 2009
Source: Reuters News [edited]
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Egyptian woman contracts bird flu
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A 33-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the highly pathogenic
bird flu virus, the 4th case this month [April 2009], Egyptian state
news agency MENA said Wednesday [15 Apr 2009]. MENA said the woman
came from the northern province of Kafr el-Sheikh. Her case brings to
64 the number of confirmed cases of the H5N1 avian flu virus in
Egypt, which has been hit harder by bird flu than any other country
outside Asia. Health Ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahine said the
woman had started to show symptoms on 7 Apr 2009 after coming into
contact with dead birds.

While H5N1 rarely infects people, experts say they fear it could
mutate into a form that people could easily pass to one another,
sparking a pandemic that could kill millions. Since 2003 the H5N1
avian influenza virus has infected at least 411 people in 15
countries and killed 254. It has killed or forced the culling of more
than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia, the Middle East,
Africa and Europe.

Some 23 Egyptians have died after contracting the virus. Most came
into contact with infected domestic birds in a country where roughly
5 million households depend on domestically raised poultry as a
significant source of food and income. The World Health Organization
has said that it was concerned some Egyptians may carry the bird flu
virus without showing symptoms, which could give it more of a chance
to mutate to a strain that spreads easily among humans.

[Byline: Will Rasmussen]

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall

[If confirmed this case and the 59th case (a 38-year-old woman in the
governorate of Assiut) will be the only adult cases among the 12
reported in Egypt since the beginning of 2009.

A map of the governorates of Egypt can be accessed at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt>. The governorate
[province] of Kafr el-Sheikh is located at 13 on this map. The
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Egypt is available at
<http://healthmap.org/r/008G>. - Mod.CP]

[see also:
Avian influenza, human (73): Egypt, virulence 20090413.1411
Avian influenza, human (72): Egypt, virulence 20090412.1403
Avian influenza, human (71): Egypt, Viet Nam, WHO 20090408.1359
Avian influenza, human (70): Egypt (QL), 63rd case 20090406.1336
Avian influenza, human (69): Egypt (BH) 62nd case 20090404.1299
Avian influenza, human (66): Egypt (BH) 20090402.1271
Avian influenza, human (59): Viet Nam (ST) NOT 20090325.1162
Avian influenza, human (56): Viet Nam (DT) NOT, (ST) susp. 20090321.1128
Avian influenza, human (55): Egypt (AT), Viet Nam (DT) 20090320.1118
2006
----
Avian influenza (208): NS1 virulence determinant 20061106.3183]
....................cp/ejp/mpp
 
Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (75): EGYPT, 64TH CASE CONFIRMED
*******************************************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

Date: Fri 17 Apr 2009
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO), EPR, Disease Outnreak News [edited]
<http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_17/en/index.html>


Avian influenza situation in Egypt - WHO Update 11
--------------------------------------------------
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human
case of avian influenza. The patient is a 33-year-old female from
Kellin district, Kfr El Sheikh Governorate. Her symptoms began on 7
Apr 2009 and she was hospitalized at Kfr El Sheikh Fever Hospital on
15 Apr 2009 where she was started on oseltamivir the same day. She is
in a critical condition.

Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by the Egyptian
Central Public Health Laboratory on 15 Apr 2009. Investigations into
the source of her infection indicate a history of close contact with
dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.

Of the 64 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Marianne Hopp

[This the WHO official confirmation of the 64th case of avian H5N1
influenza reported previously as a suspected case in ProMED-mail
posted 16 Apr 2009 as "Avian influenza, human (74): Egypt 64th case
susp. 20090417.1463" (due to technical difficulties, this posting on
the suspected case was not posted until today, 17 Apr 2009 - Mod.MPP)

A map of the governorates of Egypt can be accessed at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt>. The governorate
[province] of Kafr el-Sheikh is located at 13 on this map. - Mod.CP]

[see also:
Avian influenza, human (74): Egypt, 64th case susp. to be archived
Avian influenza, human (73): Egypt, virulence 20090413.1411
Avian influenza, human (72): Egypt, virulence 20090412.1403
Avian influenza, human (71): Egypt, Viet Nam, WHO 20090408.1359
Avian influenza, human (70): Egypt (QL), 63rd case 20090406.1336
Avian influenza, human (69): Egypt (BH) 62nd case 20090404.1299
Avian influenza, human (66): Egypt (BH) 20090402.1271]
...........................cp/ejp/mpp
 
Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

Interesting. Usually when additional facts are obtained the news agencies start to update the original report with a notation. i.e. "Update 1"
It actually says "infected birds" instead of sick or dying birds. There are no reported "infected" birds in that area of Cairo.
 
Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

Re: Egypt - Confirmed H5N1 in Humans April 15, 2009 +

perhaps they mean Birds, as its the nickname for women........:D
 
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