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Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009 - April 9, 2009

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28 suspsected case of bird flu during the month of Menoufia



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Dr. Ahmed Fouad, director of Veterinary Medicine Ghneim Menoufia, the inventory of some 28 cases of suspected infection during the month of March, according to the statistics of the Committee to Combat Bird Flu in the Office of the province, including one case of positive girl Habiba Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud (18 months) metropolitan district Mnov Center, which corresponded to the recovery and left hospital two days ago, the Tamiflu drug, and returned to her home after receiving treatment for the exercise of their natural lives.

The WHO has chosen the province of Menoufiya best to fight the disease control program, and asked to distribute it to all provinces to adopt it in the announcement of the transparency of information and situations and full coordination between all stakeholders of the disease, health, agriculture, veterinary medicine and the local units, in addition to the security agencies to control to the vehicle, the transfer of birds and licenses necessary to prevent the spread and transmission of the disease from province to province, in addition to leading a program to educate rural women and the people, especially in villages, on the nature of the disease and methods of prevention. :tiphat:

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WHO Update . . .

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 9

30 March 2009 -- The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza. The case is a two and a half year old female from Qena District, Qena Governorate. Her symptoms began on 23 March. She was admitted to Qena Fever Hospital on 24 March where she was started on oseltamivir the same day (24 March) and remains in a stable condition. Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory on 26 March.
Investigations into the source of infection indicate a history of close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill.
Of the 60 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have been fatal.


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  • Date of report: 26 March 2009
  • Governorate: Qena
  • District: Qena
  • Event summary: Girl age 2½, began experiencing symptoms March 23. She was admitted to Qena Fever Hospital March 24 and received Tamiflu the same day. Infection with avian influenza was confirmed March 26, and the child was referred to Manshiyet el Bakry Hospital, Cairo. Her mother reported the child had close contact with a dead poultry. She was reported in a good general condition on March 18. The MOHP reported this was the 60th case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Egypt.
  • Source of report: Amr Kandeel, Undersecretary for preventative affairs, MOHP
    Samir Refaie, Head of Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, MOHP
 
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Egypt first in the world of bird flu in 2009

Books Hisham Allam and Mohammed Hamdi Asamkory and Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Farghali Obchl

Egypt topped the list of countries most affected by avian flu in 2009, after a Ministry of Health 9 injuries since the beginning of this year, compared with 8 cases over the last year, the Ministry announced, on the injured girl from Qena, bringing the total casualties in Egypt since the beginning of the epidemic to the case of 60 .

Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said that despite the high number of casualties, Egypt is the least in the proportion of deaths, saying that among the casualties of the 23 cases there have been 60 deaths and only recognized that the virus is endemic in Egypt, and he left them and elimination of a many years, perhaps decades, and that if it mutates into a more severe type of ?is strongly?, explaining that it was now no way out of the crisis, however, the transformation of society to the frozen birds.

In Qena, the Department of health is a state of emergency in the hospital after the fever in the central laboratories of the Ministry of Health wounded girl ?Israa Saad Shafi?, which developed the symptoms of the disease last Monday and was taken to the hospital.

In Alexandria, executed the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine million birds, because of the lack of certificates to prove they are free of the disease have been seized in raids on intensive farms, bird shops in the east and west of the city.

In Fayoum, Dr. Hussein Sophie Abutaleb, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health, the death of the girl child بسملة Mohammed ?45 days? Tamiflu drug in a hospital after being transferred from the hospital yesterday evening fevers Fayyoum I, on suspicion of being infected with the disease, explaining that he had been sampled and sent to central laboratories, but they died before the results of the analysis, pointing out that the samples were withdrawn from her family Ka

http://www.elmassry.com/articals.php?id=1656

مصر الأولى عالمياً فى الإصابة بأنفلونزا الطيور فى 2009

كتب هشام علام و محمد حمدى ومحمد السمكورى ونبيل أبوشال ومحمد فرغلى
تصدرت مصر لائحة الدول الأكثر إصابة بأنفلونزا الطيور فى 2009، بعد أن سجلت وزارة الصحة 9 إصابات منذ بداية العام الجارى، مقارنة بـ8 حالات طوال العام الماضى، وأعلنت الوزارة ، عن إصابة طفلة من قنا، ليرتفع إجمالى المصابين فى مصر منذ ظهور الوباء إلى 60 حالة.
قال الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين، المتحدث الرسمى باسم وزارة الصحة، إنه رغم ارتفاع عدد الإصابات، فإن مصر هى الأقل فى نسبة الوفيات، موضحاً أن من بين الإصابات الـ60 حدثت 23 حالة وفاة فقط، معترفاً بأن الفيروس توطن فى مصر، وأن خروجه منها والقضاء عليه يستغرق سنوات طويلة وربما عقوداً، وأن احتمال تحوره إلى نوع أشد ضراوة ?وارد بشدة?، موضحاً أنه لا سبيل الآن للخروج من الأزمة إلا بتحول المجتمع إلى الطيور المجمدة.
وفى قنا، أعلنت مديرية الصحة حالة الطوارئ فى مستشفى الحميات بعد تأكيد المعامل المركزية فى وزارة الصحة إصابة الطفلة ?إسراء سعد عبدالشافى? التى ظهرت عليها أعراض المرض الاثنين الماضى وتم نقلها إلى المستشفى.
وفى الإسكندرية، أعدمت مديرية الطب البيطرى مليون طائر، بسبب عدم وجود شهادات تثبت خلوها من المرض وتم ضبطها فى حملات مكثفة على المزارع ومحال بيع الطيور فى مناطق شرق وغرب المدينة.
وفى الفيوم، أعلن الدكتور حسين صوفى أبوطالب، وكيل وزارة الصحة، عن وفاة الطفلة بسملة محمد ?45 يوماً? فى مستشفى منشية البكرى عقب نقلها إليه من مستشفى حميات الفيوم مساء أمس الأول، للاشتباه فى إصابتها بالمرض، موضحاً أنه تم أخذ عينات منها وإرسالها إلى المعامل المركزية، إلا أنها توفيت قبل صدور نتائج التحاليل، لافتاً إلى أنه تم سحب عينات من أسرتها كإ
 
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Sally said:
Egypt first in the world of bird flu in 2009

Books Hisham Allam and Mohammed Hamdi Asamkory and Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Farghali Obchl

Egypt topped the list of countries most affected by avian flu in 2009, after a Ministry of Health 9 injuries since the beginning of this year, compared with 8 cases over the last year, the Ministry announced, on the injured girl from Qena, bringing the total casualties in Egypt since the beginning of the epidemic to the case of 60 .

Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said that despite the high number of casualties, Egypt is the least in the proportion of deaths, saying that among the casualties of the 23 cases there have been 60 deaths and only recognized that the virus is endemic in Egypt, and he left them and elimination of a many years, perhaps decades, and that if it mutates into a more severe type of ?is strongly?, explaining that it was now no way out of the crisis, however, the transformation of society to the frozen birds.

In Qena, the Department of health is a state of emergency in the hospital after the fever in the central laboratories of the Ministry of Health wounded girl ?Israa Saad Shafi?, which developed the symptoms of the disease last Monday and was taken to the hospital.

In Alexandria, executed the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine million birds, because of the lack of certificates to prove they are free of the disease have been seized in raids on intensive farms, bird shops in the east and west of the city.

In Fayoum, Dr. Hussein Sophie Abutaleb, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health, the death of the girl child بسملة Mohammed ?45 days? Tamiflu drug in a hospital after being transferred from the hospital yesterday evening fevers Fayyoum I, on suspicion of being infected with the disease, explaining that he had been sampled and sent to central laboratories, but they died before the results of the analysis, pointing out that the samples were withdrawn from her family Ka

http://www.elmassry.com/articals.php?id=1656

مصر الأولى عالمياً فى الإصابة بأنفلونزا الطيور فى 2009

كتب هشام علام و محمد حمدى ومحمد السمكورى ونبيل أبوشال ومحمد فرغلى
تصدرت مصر لائحة الدول الأكثر إصابة بأنفلونزا الطيور فى 2009، بعد أن سجلت وزارة الصحة 9 إصابات منذ بداية العام الجارى، مقارنة بـ8 حالات طوال العام الماضى، وأعلنت الوزارة ، عن إصابة طفلة من قنا، ليرتفع إجمالى المصابين فى مصر منذ ظهور الوباء إلى 60 حالة.
قال الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين، المتحدث الرسمى باسم وزارة الصحة، إنه رغم ارتفاع عدد الإصابات، فإن مصر هى الأقل فى نسبة الوفيات، موضحاً أن من بين الإصابات الـ60 حدثت 23 حالة وفاة فقط، معترفاً بأن الفيروس توطن فى مصر، وأن خروجه منها والقضاء عليه يستغرق سنوات طويلة وربما عقوداً، وأن احتمال تحوره إلى نوع أشد ضراوة ?وارد بشدة?، موضحاً أنه لا سبيل الآن للخروج من الأزمة إلا بتحول المجتمع إلى الطيور المجمدة.
وفى قنا، أعلنت مديرية الصحة حالة الطوارئ فى مستشفى الحميات بعد تأكيد المعامل المركزية فى وزارة الصحة إصابة الطفلة ?إسراء سعد عبدالشافى? التى ظهرت عليها أعراض المرض الاثنين الماضى وتم نقلها إلى المستشفى.
وفى الإسكندرية، أعدمت مديرية الطب البيطرى مليون طائر، بسبب عدم وجود شهادات تثبت خلوها من المرض وتم ضبطها فى حملات مكثفة على المزارع ومحال بيع الطيور فى مناطق شرق وغرب المدينة.
وفى الفيوم، أعلن الدكتور حسين صوفى أبوطالب، وكيل وزارة الصحة، عن وفاة الطفلة بسملة محمد ?45 يوماً? فى مستشفى منشية البكرى عقب نقلها إليه من مستشفى حميات الفيوم مساء أمس الأول، للاشتباه فى إصابتها بالمرض، موضحاً أنه تم أخذ عينات منها وإرسالها إلى المعامل المركزية، إلا أنها توفيت قبل صدور نتائج التحاليل، لافتاً إلى أنه تم سحب عينات من أسرتها كإ
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Egypt first in the world of bird flu in 2009

Books Hisham Allam and Mohammed Hamdi Asamkory and Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Farghali Obchl
Egypt topped the list of countries most affected by avian flu in 2009, after a Ministry of Health 9 injuries since the beginning of this year, compared with 8 cases over the last year, the Ministry announced, on the injured girl from Qena, bringing the total casualties in Egypt since the beginning of the epidemic to the case of 60 .
Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said that despite the high number of injuries, Egypt is the least in the proportion of deaths, saying that among the casualties of the 23 cases there have been 60 deaths and only recognized that the virus is endemic in Egypt, and he left them and elimination of a many years, perhaps decades, and that if it mutates into a more severe type of ?is strongly?, explaining that it was now no way out of the crisis, however, the transformation of society to the frozen birds.
In Qena, the Department of health is a state of emergency in the hospital after the fever in the central laboratories of the Ministry of Health wounded girl ?Israa Saad Shafi?, which developed the symptoms of the disease last Monday and was taken to the hospital.
In Alexandria, executed the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine million birds, because of the lack of certificates to prove they are free of the disease have been seized in raids on intensive farms, bird shops in the east and west of the city.
In Fayoum, Dr. Hussein Sophie Abutaleb, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Health, the death of the girl child بسملة Mohammed ?45 days? Tamiflu drug in a hospital after being transferred from the hospital yesterday evening fevers Fayyoum I, on suspicion of being infected with the disease, explaining that he had been sampled and sent to central laboratories, but they died before the results of the analysis, pointing out that the samples were withdrawn from her family as a precautionary measure.
 
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At the moment two confirmed patients are treated in a hospital. Starting from feb 2006, in total 60 patients were confirmed positive, 35 died, 23 recovered. Total of suspects tested is 6,337 .



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Cairo 5 other spring 1430 AH April 1, 2009 WAS

The total number of human cases that have been diagnosed with the flu in Egypt since the registration of the first infection in February 2006 and to date 60 human cases have died, including 23 cases have been recovered and 35 cases, there are only two in hospital for treatment.

Abdel Rahman Shaheen said the official Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement today that the more developed provinces of the province are positive Monoufia seven cases followed each of the Fayoum and Qena b 6 cases and 5 cases of each of Minya Qalubia and western provinces and 3 cases of Cairo, Aswan and Dakahlia, Kafr El-Sheikh and the two each of the governorates of Beni Suef, Assiut, Sohag, Damietta and East, and one case each of the Alexandria, Suez and the lake, and October 6.

He added that the governorates of Giza, Luxor, Ismailia, Port Said, Matrouh, New Valley and the Red Sea and the North and South Sinai and the payment of any positive cases of the disease, pointing out that the rate of recovery from the disease in Egypt, the greatest proof of the success of the Ministry of Health in the face of the disease.

He explained that the process of epidemiological monitoring of infection of human disease since the introduction of the disease in Egypt was the most prominent results of isolation of the case until 6337 yesterday on suspicion of being infected with the disease, pointing out that all were negative, and the Cairo governorate came in first place in terms of the number of suspected cases stood at 843, where the situation.

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Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnFGON57ICteXlzKgNCG55N39uxw

Egyptian toddler contracts bird flu
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CAIRO (AFP) ? An Egyptian toddler has contracted bird flu, the 61th recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, state-news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.

The two-year-old was taken to hospital with a fever on Monday in Beheira governate, health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin said, quoted by MENA. He had been exposed to dead fowl thought to have been infected with the virus.

Twenty-three 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.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) called last month for an investigation into why many of the victims have been young children.

Egypt hosted an international conference on bird flu in October, 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 first 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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Egyptian boy contracts bird flu virus: agency

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CAIRO (Reuters) – A two-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, bringing to 61 the number of confirmed cases in the most populous Arab country, state news agency MENA said on Wednesday.
Egypt, hit harder by bird flu than any other country outside of Asia, has seen an upswing in bird flu cases over the past month, with six new human infections.
The boy, from the province of Beheira in northern Egypt, was believed to have contracted the H5N1 virus after coming into contact with infected birds, MENA quoted health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahine as saying.
The boy was taken to hospital on Monday after he came down with a high fever while visiting extended family in another province. He was being treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
Egypt is one of the few countries affected by bird flu that does not compensate farmers when poultry is destroyed, though many experts say this is the best way to ensure rapid detection of new outbreaks.
Since 2003, the H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected at least 410 people in 15 countries and killed 254 of them. 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 after coming into contact with infected domestic birds in a country where roughly 5 million households depend on domestically raised poultry as a main source of food and income.
While H5N1 rarely infects people, experts fear it could mutate into a form that people could easily pass to one another, sparking a pandemic that could kill millions.
(Writing by Cynthia Johnston; editing by James Jukwey)

http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL11646620090401?feedType=RSS&feedName=egyptNews
 
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Cairo, ... 1430 AH 01 April 2009 WAS

The Ministry of Health in Egypt the discovery of human infection No. 61 of bird flu, an Egyptian child reaches the age of two from the village of Salah ad Din province, the Directorate of Liberation lake.

A spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Shahin said in a statement today that the symptoms appeared on the Child on Monday, where he was suffering from fever and cough after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.

Shaheen said that once the disease is suspected of having been given Tamiflu, a drug ..

He pointed out that the condition is stable and is being transformed into a hospital, the Tamiflu drug.
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القاهرة 5 ربيع الآخر 1430هـ الموافق 01 ابريل 2009م واس
أعلنت وزارة الصحة المصرية عن اكتشاف الإصابة البشرية رقم 61 بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور لطفل مصري يبلغ من العمر سنتين من قرية صلاح الدين بمديرية التحرير بمحافظة البحيرة.
وقال المتحدث باسم وزارة الصحة المصرية الدكتور عبد الرحمن شاهين في تصريح له اليوم إن الأعراض المرضية ظهرت على الطفل يوم الاثنين الماضي حيث كان يعانى من ارتفاع في درجة الحرارة وسعال عقب تعرضه لطيور نافقة يشتبه في إصابتها بمرض إنفلونزا الطيور.
وأوضح شاهين أنه فور الاشتباه في إصابته بالمرض تم إعطاؤه عقار التاميفلو .. مشيرا إلى أن حالته المرضية مستقرة وجارى تحويله إلى مستشفى منشية البكري.
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A .. The emergence of human infection with bird flu, 61 of the Egyptian child

Health 01/04/2009 09:14:00 PM

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Egyptian health authorities announced in the emergence of case No. 61 of human infection with bird flu, the child reaches the age of two from one of the villages of Lake County north of Egypt.

A spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin said in a statement here today that the onset of symptoms the child was sick at his place of his injury, the lake was discovered during a visit to the house of her mother in one of the villages of Al-Menoufiya.

He said he has been the introduction of child fever hospital last Monday suffering from a fever and cough after being exposed to birds suspected of having bird flu virus.

He pointed out that once the suspicion of the disease in the child was given the drug Tamiflu, adding that the condition is stable and is being transformed into a hospital, the Tamiflu drug.

The health authorities have warned citizens and authorities concerned of inaction in the face of the bird flu epidemic.

Egypt has been an epidemic of bird flu in February 2006 died 22 cases of the total infected cases.

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متحدث .. ظهور الاصابة البشرية 61 بمرض انفلونزا الطيور لطفل مصري
الصحة 01/04/2009 09:14:00 م

القاهرة - 1 4 (كونا) - أعلنت السلطات الصحية المصرية عن ظهور الحالة رقم 61 من الاصابة البشرية بأنفلونزا الطيور لطفل يبلغ من العمر سنتين من احدى قرى محافظة البحيرة شمال مصر.
وقال المتحدث الرسمي باسم وزارة الصحة الدكتور عبدالرحمن شاهين في بيان صحافي هنا اليوم أن ظهور الأعراض المرضية على الطفل كانت أثناء تواجده بمحل اقامته بالبحيرة وتم اكتشاف الاصابة أثناء زيارة الأم لمنزل عائلتها باحدى قرى محافظة المنوفية.
واشار الى انه تم ادخال الطفل مستشفى الحميات الاثنين الماضي وهو يعاني من ارتفاع في درجة الحرارة وسعال عقب تعرضه لطيور نافقة يشتبه في اصابتها بمرض انفلونزا الطيور.
ولفت الى أنه فور الاشتباه في اصابة الطفل بالمرض تم اعطاؤه عقار التاميفلو مشيرا الى ان حالته المرضية مستقرة وجاري تحويله الى مستشفى منشية البكرى.
وكانت السلطات الصحية قد حذرت المواطنين والاجهزة المعنية من التراخى في مواجهة وباء انفلونزا الطيور.
يذكر ان مصر تعرضت لوباء انفلونزا الطيور في فبراير من عام 2006 وقد توفى 22 حالة من مجموع الحالات المصابة. (النهاية) ب ن أ / ب ش ر كونا012114 جمت ابر 09
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Based on post # 150 above, the latest confirmed case from Egypt may be from Qaryat Salah ad Din (30.5931, 30.7194) in the southern part of Beheira Governorate. Qaryat Salah ad Din is near the boundary between the governorates of Beheira and Al Minufiyah.
 
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Arabic version of the reuters story comes with this picture

Egyptian woman feeding pigeons in the rain in Cairo on 26 March

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سيدة مصرية يطعم حمامة في سوق المطرية بالقاهرة يوم 26 مارس اذار. تصوير: عمرو


AIRO (Reuters) - According to MENA news agency on Wednesday that the children in the two-year-old was the bird flu virus to become the No. 61 confirmed cases of illness in the country.

Egypt witnessed an increase in the number of cases of the disease over the last month, recorded six cases of human infection. And Egypt were the most affected countries the disease outside of Asia.

The news agency quoted the Middle East, Abdel-Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the Ministry of Health as saying that the boy who belongs to the lake in the northern province of Egypt is believed to be infected (H 5 to 1) after having been directly exposed to poultry infected with the disease.

The boy admitted to hospital on Monday after suffering a high fever while visiting relatives. And is undergoing treatment with Tamiflu.

Egypt is one of the few countries where the disease does not compensate farmers for culled poultry, despite the fact that many experts say that the best way to ensure the rapid monitoring of the emergence of the disease.

Since the 2003 virus has infected at least 410 people in 15 countries and has killed 254 of them. The disease has led to the slaughter of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia and the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

He died about 23 Egyptians have died of the virus. And adopt about five million families on the poultry in the backyard, as a major source of food and income.

Rarely affects virus (H 5 to 1) in humans but experts fear it could mutate into a form that can be transmitted easily between humans, leading to the deaths of millions.
http://www.masrawy.com/News/MidEast/Reuters/2009/April/1/755550.aspx?ref=rss
 
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Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

niman said:
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H5N1 False Negatives in Egypt Raise Serious Concerns

Recombinomics Commentary 20:31
April 2, 2009

He explained that the process of epidemiological monitoring of infection of human disease since the introduction of the disease in Egypt was the most prominent results of isolation of the case until 6337 yesterday on suspicion of being infected with the disease, pointing out that all were negative, and the Cairo governorate came in first place in terms of the number of suspected cases stood at 843, where the situation.

The above translation describes the hospitalized suspect H5N1 patients that tested negative in Egypt. Since the number of confirmed cases is 61, over 99% of suspect hospitalized patients test negative. Although these negatives may simply signal active testing, the recent concentration of confirmed cases in toddlers raises concerns that the number of true infections in Egypt is orders or magnitude higher than confirmed cases, and the absence of recent confirmed older cases is linked to immunity due to prior exposures to H5N1.

Although no H5N1 sequences have been released from human cases this season, prior sequences are available for almost all prior confirmed cases. In other countries, such as Indonesia, the vast majority of H5N1 isolates are from fatal cases. Although recovered cases are rare in Indonesia, the number of isolates from survivors is zero, or very close to zero. In contrast, most of the confirmed cases in Egypt are not fatal. In the spring of 2007, 16/17 patients survived, but isolates were obtained from all cases.

This high isolation rate raises concerns that only patients with high viral loads test PCR positive, which leads to an isolation rate approaching 100% regardless of outcome. Those patients with lower viral loads test negative and therefore virus isolation is not attempted.

Data supporting the lack of sensitivity in the PCR detection is the Gharbiya cluster, All three cases were fatal, but only two of the three members were PCR positive. The two that were positive were positive twice, once on samples collected prior to the start of Tamiflu treatment, and again in samples collected 48 hours after the start of Tamiflu treatment. The failure to register a PCR positive for the third fatal infections, suggest false negative rates in milder cases may be significant.

In the past, H5N1 positives were concentrated in young women and girls, which was attributed to poultry contact, which was largely limited to females in Egypt. However, many of the cases in the summer of 2007 were children, and most of those cases were mild.

Thus, prior to this year two major groups were represented in H5N1 outbreaks. Mild cases with lower viral loads may have tested negative, but may have generated protective immunity.

Therefore, the current spate of cases is limited to toddlers, who have not been previously exposed to H5N1.

Agressive antibody testing of prior at risk populations would be useful.

.
 
Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Date: Thursday, April 2 2009 1:42:04 am


Alepeshaer - Rndarushdy:

Ministry of Health announced the discovery of 61 infected humans from bird flu of a child named "Mohamed El-Shahat, Mohamed Hassan Amer", a two-year-old from the village of Salah al-Din, Department of liberalization in Beheira.

The program of life today that the World Health Organization's report refers to a health disaster in Egypt, where the report confirmed bird flu pandemic is endemic in Egypt, which means the continuation of the increasing incidence and mortality in all seasons of the year will not be confined only in winter, as well as the seriousness of the disease mutate at any time

http://elbashayeronline.com/?page=viewn&nid=45135

بتاريخ : الخميس 2 ابريل 2009 1:42:04 ص
عدد القراء : 15

البشاير-رندارشدى:
أعلنت وزارة الصحة عن اكتشاف الإصابة البشرية رقم 61 بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور لطفل يدعى "محمد الشحات محمد حسن عامر"، ويبلغ من العمر سنتين من قرية صلاح الدين، بمديرية التحرير بمحافظة البحيرة.
وأشار برنامج الحياة اليوم الى أن تقرير منظمة الصحة العالمية يشير الى كارثة صحية في مصر حيث أكد التقرير تحول أنفلونزا الطيور لوباء متوطن في مصر مما يعني استمرار تزايد معدلات الإصابة والوفيات في جميع فصول السنة ولن ينحصر في فصل الشتاء فقط وكذلك خطورة تحور المرض في أي وقت
 
Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Health »HIV declares 61 b« avian flu ».. And the isolation since 6337 on suspicion of his

Wrote Secretary Tariq Sheikh Omar Abdel-Hakim and Muhammad Hamdi gondi 2-4 / 2009


Mountain


The Ministry of Health, yesterday, the incidence of human disease No. 61 «avian flu» of a child named Mohamed El-Shahat Mohamed «two» from the lake, the ministry also confirmed that it fired more than 6337 citizen on suspicion of contracting the disease, since it appeared in Egypt,

She drew the ministry to the World Health Organization warned the danger of turning into an epidemic disease is endemic in Egypt. He said the report, prepared by the Department of Communicable Disease Control Ministry, a rise in human cases, which was isolated in all the hospitals to more than 2337, compared to the same period last year.

A d. Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the ministry, the total number of human cases, which was hit by the disease since February 2006 and even today, there were 60 human cases, 23 cases died, including 35 cases have been recovered and there are two cases in hospital receiving treatment,

He pointed out that the provinces were more positive cases, b is the province of Menoufiya 7 cases followed each of the Fayoum and Qena b 6 cases and 5 cases of each of Minya Qalubia and western provinces and 3 cases of Cairo, Aswan and Dakahlia, Kafr El-Sheikh and two each of the governorates of Beni Suef, Assiut, Sohag, Damietta and East and the case and one each from Alexandria, Suez and the lake, and October 6, The Giza, Luxor, Ismailia, Port Said, Matrouh, New Valley and the Red Sea and the North and South Sinai and the payment to be free of any injuries positive disease,

He pointed out that the «recovery rate in Egypt, the greatest evidence of our success in the face of the disease», and added that the ministry has prepared a comprehensive national plan to confront any mutation in the virus and spread among humans,

Was also a kind of simulation of this plan and prepare for that scenario, he said, pointing out that the factor «Nmro 3» involved in the examination of some of the samples for the cases of infected or suspected of being infected, as well as to move the team to a central laboratory equipment to monitor the situation the region, which was hit by the virus.

In a related development, held yesterday in the hospital diets 4 provinces, namely West Qalubia and Beni Suef, the New Valley, 12 people suspected of contracting the disease and the emergence of symptoms of infection to them.
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=205319

الصحة» تعلن الإصابة ٦١ بـ«أنفلونزا الطيور».. وعزل ٦٣٣٧ للاشتباه منذ ظهوره

كتب طارق أمين ـ عمر الشيخ وعبدالحكم الجندى ومحمد حمدى ٢/ ٤/ ٢٠٠٩


الجبلى


أعلنت وزارة الصحة، أمس، الإصابة البشرية رقم ٦١ بمرض «أنفلونزا الطيور» لطفل يدعى محمد الشحات محمد «سنتان» من البحيرة كما أكدت الوزارة أنها عزلت أكثر من ٦٣٣٧ مواطناً للاشتباه فى إصابتهم بالمرض، منذ ظهوره فى مصر،

ولفتت الوزارة إلى تحذيرات منظمة الصحة العالمية بخطر تحول المرض إلى وباء متوطن فى مصر. كما كشف التقرير، الذى أعدته إدارة مكافحة الأمراض المعدية بالوزارة، عن ارتفاع الحالات البشرية التى تم عزلها فى جميع المستشفيات إلى أكثر من ٢٣٣٧، مقارنة بالفترة نفسها من العام الماضى.

وقال د. عبدالرحمن شاهين، المتحدث الرسمى باسم الوزارة، إن إجمالى عدد الحالات البشرية، التى أصيبت بالمرض منذ فبراير ٢٠٠٦ وحتى اليوم، بلغ ٦٠ حالة بشرية، توفى منها ٢٣ حالة وتم شفاء ٣٥ حالة وتوجد حالتان بالمستشفى تتلقيان العلاج،

مشيراً إلى أن أكثر المحافظات جاءت بها حالات إيجابية هى محافظة المنوفية بـ ٧ حالات تلتها كل من الفيوم وقنا بـ ٦ حالات و٥ حالات بكل من المنيا والقليوبية والغربية و٣ حالات بمحافظات القاهرة وأسوان والدقهلية وكفر الشيخ وحالتين بكل من محافظات بنى سويف وأسيوط وسوهاج ودمياط والشرقية وحالة إصابة واحدة بكل من الإسكندرية والسويس والبحيرة و٦ أكتوبر، وجاءت الجيزة والأقصر والإسماعيلية وبورسعيد ومطروح والوادى الجديد والبحر الأحمر وشمال وجنوب سيناء وحلوان لتكون خالية من أى إصابات إيجابية بالمرض،

لافتاً إلى أن «نسبة الشفاء فى مصر أكبر دليل على نجاحنا فى مواجهة المرض»، وأضاف أن الوزارة أعدت خطة قومية متكاملة لمواجهة أى تحور فى الفيروس وانتشاره بين البشر،

كما تم إجراء نوع من المحاكاة لهذه الخطة وإعداد السيناريو الخاص بذلك، لافتاً إلى أن معامل «نمرو ٣» تشترك فى فحص بعض العينات الخاصة بالحالات المصابة أو المشتبه فى إصابتها، بالإضافة إلى تحريك فريق مركزى بالأجهزة المعملية لمتابعة الموقف بالمنطقة التى ظهر بها الفيروس.

فى سياق متصل، احتجزت مستشفيات الحميات أمس فى ٤ محافظات، هى الغربية والقليوبية وبنى سويف والوادى الجديد، ١٢ شخصاً للاشتباه فى إصابتهم بالمرض وظهور أعراض الإصابة عليهم.
 
Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

H5N1 detected in birds almost daily in 2009


  • RECENT CASES:
  • Date of sampling: 18 March 2009
  • Date of result: 19 March 2009
  • Governorate: Gharbiya
  • District: Tanta
  • Village: Sanadid
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 53
  • Vaccine status: Not available
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of sampling: 18 March 2009
  • Date of result: 19 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Hosh Eisa
  • Village: Al Kordor-Al Maghazi
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: Not available
  • Vaccine status: Not available
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
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  • Date of sampling: 17 March 2009
  • Date of result: 18 March 2009
  • Governorate: Gharbiya
  • District: Kotor
  • Village: Sagein al Kom
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 42
  • Vaccine status: Not available
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of sampling: 16 March 2009
  • Date of result: 18 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Kafr el Dawar
  • Village: Manshiya Amer Barawla
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 38
  • Vaccine status: Not available
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
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  • Date of sampling: 13 March 2009
  • Date of result: 13 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Kafr el Dawar
  • Village: Al Akreisha
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 12
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated 8 December 2008
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
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  • Date of sampling: 12 March 2009
  • Date of result: 13 March 2009
  • Governorate: Qalyoubiya*
  • District: Not available
  • Village: Not available
  • Type of rearing: Not indicated
  • *A truck from Sharkiya Governorate carrying 520 layer hens was stopped by authorities in Qalyoubiya Governorate
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 520
  • Vaccine status: Unknown
  • Purpose of sampling: Passive surveillance
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  • Date of sampling: 11 March 2009
  • Date of result: 13 March 2009
  • Governorate: Sharkiya
  • District: El Kenayat
  • Village: Ezbet Abu Hasouna
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: Not available
  • Vaccine status: Unknown
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of sampling: 11 March 2009
  • Date of result: 13 March 2009
  • Governorate: Sixth of October
  • District: Kerdasa
  • Village: Kerdasa
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Unknown
  • Number of birds: Not available
  • Vaccine status: Not vaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of sampling: 11 March 2009
  • Date of result: 12 March 2009
  • Governorate: Gharbiya
  • District: Tanta
  • Village: Ezbet Shaban, Berma village
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 8
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
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  • Date of sampling: 11 March 2009
  • Date of result: 11 March 2009
  • Governorate: Assiut
  • District: Assiut
  • Village: Al Walideia
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 45
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of sampling: 10 March 2009
  • Date of result: 11 March 2009
  • Governorate: Minya
  • District: Samalout
  • Village: Gaber al Ghaber al Keblia
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Mixed
  • Number of birds: 8
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated against H5N2 on 25 December 2008
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of sampling: 8 March 2009
  • Date of result: 9 March 2009
  • Governorate: Alexandria
  • District: Al King / Al Ameria
  • Village: Abo el Reish
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken, duck
  • Number of birds: 50 total
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of sampling: 6 March 2009
  • Date of result: 7 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Kafr el Dawar
  • Village: Owan
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 20
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
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  • Date of report: 2 March 2009
  • Date of result: 3 March 2009
  • Governorate: Suez
  • District: Al Ganain
  • Village: Abo Saial
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 15
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 1 March 2009
  • Date of result: 2 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Hosh Eisa
  • Village: Seriut
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 2
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 1 March 2009
  • Date of result: 2 March 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Kafr el Dawar
  • Village: Al Malaka
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    22​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    45​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    10​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 28 February 2009
  • Date of result: 1 March 2009
  • Governorate: Aswan
  • District: Edfo
  • Village: Wadi el Saida
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    16​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    6​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 27 February 2009
  • Date of result: 28 February 2009
  • Governorate: Aswan
  • District: Al Sebaeia
  • Village: Hager al Sebaeia Gharb
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 4
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
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  • Date of report: 27 February 2009
  • Date of result: 28 February 2009
  • Governorate: Aswan
  • District: Edfo
  • Village: Al Behira
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    5​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    1​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 19 February 2009
  • Governorate: 6th of October
  • District: Oseim
  • Village: Bashteil
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    10​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    3​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    3​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unvaccinated
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 19 February 2009
  • Governorate: Gharbiya
  • District: Samanoud
  • Village: Meit Habib
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    6​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    4​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 12 February 2009
  • Governorate: Fayoum
  • District: Fayoum
  • City: Fayoum
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated 10 August 2008
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 11 February 2009
  • Governorate: Giza
  • District: Giza
  • City: Giza
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    4​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    3​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 11 February 2009
  • Governorate: Sixth of October
  • District: Oseim
  • Village: El Keirateiin
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 11 February 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Hosh Eisa
  • City: Abu Maloot
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 10 February 2009
  • Governorate: Gharbiya
  • District: Tanta
  • City: Hesit Shabsheir
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    74​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    12​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 9 February 2009
  • Governorate: Assiut
  • District: Assiut
  • City: Assiut
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 2
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 9 February 2009
  • Governorate: Menoufiya
  • District: Menof
  • Village: Kamshosh
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    22​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    20​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    15​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated for H5N1, 20 December 2008
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 9 February 2009
  • Governorate: Helwan
  • District: Atfih
  • Village: El Khalf El Sharki
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: Unavailable
  • Number of birds: Unavailable
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Governorate: Sharkiya
  • District: Belbeis
  • City: Al Asher (Ramsis Road)
  • Large number of birds found dead at Al Asher, Ramsis Road. Samples were collected from the dead birds and sent to the lab.
  • Type of rearing: Unknown
  • Species: Unavailable
  • Number of birds: Unavailable
  • Vaccine status: Unknown
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Damanhour
  • Village: Nediba
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: chicken, duck, turkey
  • Number of birds: Unavailable
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Date of result: 6 February 2009
  • Governorate: Helwan
  • District: Helwan
  • City: none reported
  • Type of rearing: Backyards
  • Species: Chicken
  • Number of birds: 2
  • Vaccine status: Unknown
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Governorate: Helwan
  • District: Helwan
  • City: El Hoda City
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • Species: chicken
  • Number of birds: 40
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Governorate: Beheira
  • District: Kafr el Dawar
  • Village: Abo el Hoda
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    8​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    4​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance: Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) visit
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 5 February 2009
  • Governorate: Fayoum
  • District: Itsa
  • Village: Albrens
  • Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    21​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    35​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    unavailable​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
  • Vaccine status: Unavailable
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 4 February 2009
    Date of result: 4 February 2009
    Governorate: Suez
    District: Al Ganain
    Village: Akilabat
    Type of unit: Backyard
    <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    turkey​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    30​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    25​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    3​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    5​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Vaccinated against H5N1 on 25 January 2009
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 3 February 2009
    Governorate: Sharkiya
    District: El Kenayat
    Village: -
    Type of unit: Backyard
    <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    150​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    15​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    12​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Information not available
    Purpose of sampling: Active surveillance (PDS team from the veterinary authority visited the village searching for the disease without official notification.)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 27 January 2009
    Governorate: Menoufiya
    District: Shebin Elkom
    Village: -
    Type of unit: Backyard
    Type of bird: Duck
    Number of birds: 6
    Vaccine status: Not vaccinated
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (Passive surveillance). Follow-up on human case. See related report.
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 26 January 2009
    Governorate: Alexandria
    District: Khorshid
    <!-- Village: -
    --> Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    100​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    10​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Not available
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (Passive surveillance)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 26 January 2009
  • Governorate: Alexandria
    District: El Mamoura
    Village: Ezbet Hod 10
    Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    10​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    5​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Not available
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (passive surveillance)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 22 January 2009
    Governorate: Assiut
    District: Assiut
    Village: Reva
    Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="310"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="72">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="44">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="39">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="42">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    45​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    6​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    2​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Information not available
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (passive surveillance)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 22 January 2009
    Governorate: Fayoum
    District: Fayoum
    Village: Seila Ezbet Edris
    Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="377"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="91">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="81">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="97">
    ducks​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="90">
    geese​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    8​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    3​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    4​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Vaccinated</td> <td class="textcontainers">
    June 5, 2008​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    Nov. 19, 2008​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    Dec. 16, 2008​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Purpose of sampling: Notified case (passive surveillance)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 13 January 2009
    Governorate: Sixth of October
    District: Kerdasa
    <!-- Village: Kafr Abu Hegazi
    --> Village: Kafr Abu Hegazi
  • Type of rearing: Backyard, 2 houses
    First house:
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    0​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    (frozen) not. avail.​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Not vaccinated
    Second house:
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    2 live, 2 dead​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    5 live, 1 dead​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Not vaccinated
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (passive surveillance). Follow-up on human case. See related report.
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 9 January 2009
    Governorate: Menoufiya
    District: Ashmoun
    Village: Lengib
    Type of rearing: Backyard
  • <table border="0" width="237"> <tbody><tr> <td class="textcontainers" width="102">Type of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="73">
    chickens​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers" width="48">
    ducks​
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="textcontainers">Number of birds </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    25​
    </td> <td class="textcontainers">
    9​
    </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Vaccine status: Vaccinated July 29, 2008
    Purpose of sampling: Notified case (passive surveillance)
  • ---------------------------------------------------
  • Date of report: 8 January 2009
  • Governorate: Sharkiya
  • District: Mashtol al Sook
  • City: Mashtol al Sook
  • Type of rearing: Farm
  • Species: Turkey
  • Number of birds: 1,600
  • Two trucks were carrying the birds from a farm
  • Vaccine status: Vaccinated for H5N2 on 16 October 2008.
  • Purpose of sampling: Notified case
 
Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

Re: Egypt - Human Confirmed/Suspected Bird Flu Cases, Feb 8, 2009+

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</td> <td class="toprightcell" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">PRINT FRIENDLY</td> <td class="toprightcell" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">EMAIL STORY</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="storycell" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!-- PRINT_CONTENT_START --> PM - Thursday, 2 April , 2009 18:38:00

Reporter: David Mark

MARK COLVIN: A two-year-old Egyptian boy has caught the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus. He's the tenth person to contract the disease in Egypt this year.

Researchers have described the spate of new outbreaks in Egypt and in China as worrying. The number of cases appeared to have peaked three years ago but these outbreaks seem to buck that trend.

David Mark reports.

DAVID MARK: Egypt is the new ground zero for bird flu. The two-year-old boy is the sixth Egyptian to get the disease in the past month.

Professor Anne Kelso is the director of the WHO collaborating centre for Influenza in Melbourne.

ANNE KELSO: The WHO is reporting cases and deaths at the moment in China, Egypt and Vietnam. I think particularly worrying are the number of cases in China, which are scattered throughout different provinces.

DAVID MARK: The avian influenza of H5N1 virus first jumped from birds to humans in 2003. The number of cases grew steadily. In 2006 115 people in nine countries caught the disease; 79 of them died. Bird flu was a big story.

(Montage of archival stories)

REPORTER: China says it's made the first discovery of a deadly flu?

REPORTER 2: The extremely infectious avian influenza?

REPORTER 3: The World Health Organisation says international?

REPORTER 4: The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture last night confirmed that?

DAVID MARK: Since then the numbers of cases and deaths from bird flu has been steadily declining.

ANNE KELSO: It's interesting because the virus, or at least I should call it a family of viruses is still spreading very widely throughout the world and there are many poultry outbreaks still occurring in many countries of the world.

ALAN HAMPSON: Well, it certainly hasn't gone away and I think there's probably a degree of media fatigue about the whole thing.

DAVID MARK: Dr Alan Hampson is the chair of the Australian Influenza Specialist Group. As he explains, the danger with bird flu is that it could mutate.

If the virus could jump from human to human, the chances of a deadly pandemic increase greatly.

ALAN HAMPSON: I certainly wouldn't write this virus off. I think if it does acquire, if it can acquire that potential, then the longer that it's there the more human cases we see, then the chances are continuing to grow that it will actually adapt.

DAVID MARK: The good news is that it hasn't happened yet. While 256 six people have died from the disease, that number pales in comparison to a possible pandemic.

Tens of millions died in the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak.

Some people have suggested that the fact avian influenza hasn't mutated in the past six years, mean that it won't.

Dr Hampson and Professor Kelso disagree:

ALAN HAMPSON: There's no inherent reason in the virus that we've been able to date that would suggest that it can't adapt to humans.

ANNE KELSO: It hasn't yet undergone the mutation that would make it easily transmissible. Maybe there's some reason; maybe there's some property of the virus that means it's not particularly prone to undergoing those mutations, but I don't know of any scientific evidence for that.

And so we simply have to assume that there's still some possibility, even if it's small, that that virus could cause a pandemic.

DAVID MARK: The years without a pandemic have bought time. Professor Kelso says a huge amount of progress has been made into researching the H5N1 virus and possible vaccines.

ANNE KELSO: So that if one has a vaccine for one influenza virus the person who's vaccinated will have some degree of protection against quite different influenza viruses.

DAVID MARK: A key to the research is countries sharing information. But Professor Kelso is concerned that one country, Indonesia, isn't reporting cases.

Crucially, Indonesia is the country where the virus is mostly widely spread among flocks of poultry and where the human death toll far of 115 far exceeds any other country.

ANNE KELSO: Because they're not sharing viruses with WHO it's harder for the rest of the world to assist or to help to monitor how those viruses are changing. So, yes, we're concerned about Indonesia.

DAVID MARK: Avian influenza may no longer be a sexy story, but those working in the field argue governments around the world can't afford to assume the danger from this disease is over.

MARK COLVIN: David Mark.

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