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EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Suspected bird flu case flees hospital...

Google-translated from Arabic:

Flight patient [suspected case] Avian pathogenesis of Beni Suef
July 14, 2007

Beni Suef Safwat Abdeljawad :

Make security organs Beni Suef their efforts to apprehend the patient Avian After escaping from Beni Suef hospital regimens help of a number of thugs.

A Dr. Mohamed Salah director of the hospital in his memo to the director of security of Beni Suef, that the patient named Ahmed narrator "57 years" was transferred to hospital on suspicion of being Avian, also found that he suffered a brain stroke. During his detention termination procedures in the hospital, some thugs smuggling and the failure of security men in the hospital seizure.

Brigadier Kerry can form Mystic Investigation director Beni Suef research team to arrest the patient.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsD...st&PHPSESSID=41f20842851a7d1ca0c8a2fda2d85afa
 
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Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,


CAIRO, July 22 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official said on Sunday.

"There is a case," said John Jabbour of the World Health Organisation in Cairo, adding that the woman was believed to have fallen ill after contact with dead household birds.

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt. It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months. Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically. Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

Bird flu did extensive damage to the country's poultry industry and the economy after its arrival in Egypt, which has had more confirmed bird flu cases among humans than any other single country outside Asia.

Most of those who have fallen ill in Egypt were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt where the weather is cooler than in the south.

Experts fear the bird flu virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a deadly pandemic which could circle the globe and kill millions.

Around five 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.

The government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL22411713.html
 
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A 25-year-old Egyptian woman is infected by deadly bird flu strain

The Associated Press
Sunday, July 22, 2007


CAIRO, Egypt: Bird flu has infected an Egyptian woman, bringing to 38 the number of those afflicted with the deadly strain of the disease in Egypt, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
The woman, identified as Naema Abdo Gamil, 25, was admitted in a government hospital Saturday and has since been transferred to a hospital in Cairo, the Health Ministry said in a statement carried by the official news agency, MENA.
She was in stable condition Sunday, said health ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman.
Gamil contracted the lethal H5N1 virus after coming into contact with dead chicken in the Mediterranean province of Damietta, about 175 kilometers (108 miles) northeast of Cairo.
Fifteen of the 38 people infected with H5N1 in Egypt have died.
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 at least 191 people worldwide since 2003. It has resulted in the culling of millions of birds.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/22/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Bird-Flu.php
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf


Egyptian woman stricken with bird flu

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22118153-5012771,00.htmlA 25-YEAR-OLD Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official has said.
"There is a case," said John Jabbour of the World Health Organisation in Cairo, adding that the woman was believed to have fallen ill after contact with dead household birds.

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt.

It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months.

Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically.

Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

Bird flu did extensive damage to the country's poultry industry and the economy after its arrival in Egypt, which has had more confirmed bird flu cases among humans than any other single country outside Asia.

Most of those who have fallen ill in Egypt were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt where the weather is cooler than in the south.

Experts fear the bird flu virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a deadly pandemic which could circle the globe and kill millions.

Around five 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.

The government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.
 
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Additional information ...

Egyptian woman diagnosed with bird flu


<!-- END HEADLINE --><!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->Sun Jul 22, 5:44 PM ET


A 25-year-old woman from northern Egypt has been diagnosed as having contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the health ministry announced on Sunday.
Naima Abdu Gamil from the coastal town of Damietta went to her local hospital Saturday complaining of high temperature, ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shaheen told the official MENA news agency.
She was diagnosed as having contracted bird flu and was sent to Cairo where she is being treated with Tamiflu, he said.
Gamil had been working with domestic poultry which had exhibited symptoms of the disease. Others in her family are now being tested.
She became the 38th case of the virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006.
Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl.
A 10-year-old girl died of bird flu earlier in June, bringing to 15 the number of fatalities in Egypt.
Egypt's geographical 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 of Asia.
The government says it is conducting a vigorous campaign to combat the spread of the virus through vaccinations and raising awareness, but cases continue to appear.
In June, the World Health Organisation said the fight against bird flu has improved around the world, but the situation remains critical in Egypt and Indonesia where the risk of the H5N1 virus mutating into a major human threat remains high.
Egypt and Indonesia remained high-risk because of the permanent contact that many people in both nations have with domesticated birds.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070722/hl_afp/healthfluegypt;_ylt=Aj702Z6LYKaE3RmbxstEN30E1vAI
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Damietta is the capital city of Dumyat Governorate in northern Egypt.

Map:

Dumyat Egypt 20070722.gif
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Hat-tip, UK-Bird!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Woman injured in Damietta Avian and the number rises to 38
7/22/2007 10:03:00 PM

CAIRO - Dr Rahman Shahin spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed today that the 38 human infection cases of avian flu to a lady 25-year-old from the Annaineh [Al Anaena region or العناينة] status Damietta, Damietta Governorate.

The spokesman said in a statement that the situation of a woman called Naima Abdou nice and it appeared the symptoms of the disease -- a high temperature -- Friday entered its impact on the pathogenesis of Damietta Hospital yesterday, Saturday, has been transferred to a hospital in Cairo to follow Abbasiya health condition.

He added that the injury was a result of exposure to sick birds home Navch caused her disease, pointing out that the condition has been stable since being given the necessary treatment Viagra Altammivlo [Tamiflu] and epidemiological investigation ongoing work for all family members.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egypt/Local/july/22/flu.aspx
 
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...the Annaineh [Al Anaena region or العناينة] status Damietta, Damietta Governorate.
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The Al Anaena area of Damietta city is in the southern end of town:

Damietta map.JPG
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Dutchy said:
Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,

(...)

The infection was a rare human case in Egypt's sweltering summer months. Egyptian officials had forecast the virus would hide away during the summer following a pattern set in 2006 when human bird flu cases disappeared between May and October.

While bird flu did diminish in Egypt as the weather warmed, human cases have continued to occur sporadically. Since bird flu first emerged in Egyptian poultry last year, 15 Egyptians have died from the virus.

(...)
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Twenty percent (20%) -- 4 out of 20 -- of the confirmed cases so far in 2007 have occurred in the summer.

In 2006 there were 18 cases totally -- that was in the 9 months from (mid-)March through December. So far, in the first 7 months of 2007, there've been 20 confirmed cases.

Here's a list of all the cases from 2007. (I've also listed here 4 additional cases from Oct-Dec '06 as they can be viewed as cases from the '06-'07 bf 'season' in Egypt.):

Oct - Dec 2006

15. Hanan Mohamed Aboulmagd [aka Hanan Aboul Magd] (39F) - d. Oct 30, 2006 - Al Gharbiyah [nurse?]
16. Intisar Farid (30F) - sister of #18, cousin/aunt of #17 - Al Gharbiyah [Tamiflu resistant strain]
17. Shafika Farid (15F) - cousin/niece of #16 & #18 - Al Gharbiyah
18. Reza Farid [aka Reda Abdel Halim Farid] (26M) - brother of #16, cousin/uncle #17 - Al Gharbiyah

2007

19. Warda Eidh Ahmed (27F) - d. Jan 19, 2007 - Bani Suwayf
20. Nouri Nadi (17F) - d. Feb 2, 2007 - Al Fayyum
21. Nadia Mohamed Abdel-Hafez (37F) - d. Feb 14, 2007 - Al Fayyum
22. Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman (5M) - Ash Sharqiyah
23. Sara Al Sayed Ibrahim [aka Sarah Borhan] (4F) - Ad Daqahliyah/Dakahlia
24. Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim (4M) - Ad Daqahliyah/Dakahlia [any relation to #23? "surnames" both Ibrahim]
25. Abdul Latif Nayel (10F) - March 2007 - Aswan
26. Mohammed Youssef Mahmoud (2M) - March 2007 - Aswan
27. Hajer Mohamed Awadallah (3F) - Aswan
28. Rehab Mahmoud Helmi Abul Magd (6F) - sister of Ibrahim (#30) - Qina
29. Mahmoud Gomaah Mohamed Hassan (5M) - Al Minyah
30. Ibrahim Mahmud Helmi (4M) - brother of Rehab (#28) - Qina
31. Mahmud Mohammed Shalabi (7M) - Suhaj/Sohag
32. Mariam Abdel Fattah Idris Isa (4F) - Al Qalyubiyah
33. - April 5, 2007 - Fatmah Farouk Abdel-Gawwad (2F) - Al Minyah governorate
34. - April 8, 2007 - Marianna Kameel Mikhail (15F) - d. April 10 - Cairo

35. - June 8, 2007 - Mayyada (10F) - d. June 10 - Naqada village, Qina
36. - June 11, 2007 - Dina Ali Taghyan (4F) - Abu Diyab village, Qina
37. - June 23, 2007 - Emad Mohamed el-Daramalli (4M) - Qina
38. - July 22, 2007 - Naima Abdu Gamil (25F) - Damietta
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Dutchy said:
Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu -WHO

Sun 22 Jul 2007,

(...)

Egypt's state news agency MENA identified the woman as Naima Abdu Gamil of the Nile Delta province of Damietta, in northern Egypt. It said she developed a high fever on Friday and was in good condition after receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

(...)
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Here's a Mr. Abdou who was a suspected case from Damietta governorate back in March -- presumably Abdou/Abdu is just a common name in the area/country and there's no connection:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=74134&postcount=18&highlight=Damietta+Mr.+Abdou
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Suspected case from Al Gharbiyah....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Mahala Bhamyat detention of a person suspected of having avian influenza
July 24, 2007

Western [Al Gharbiyah] Abodhich:

Detained Hospital pathogenesis Mahalla new cases suspected of being infected with avian influenza illness of a man in the decade-old V alleges Imad Ibrahim Attar Abdalkhalgh 44-year teacher from the village of Kafr Kayala of the Center Mahalla. Been taking a sample of the patient's blood and a sample of the throat to be sent to central laboratories.

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/almessa/today/local/detail09.asp [<< not a permalink; 7th article from the top]

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30507
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

From Avian Influenza Daily Digest:

Egypt: Suspected Human cases in Suhaj



7/25/07 (translated text) A Kuwaiti source states that seven people from a single family were admitted to Suhaj Fevers Hospital with suspected H5N1 infection. The patients are a thirty year old woman and her three children, along with three of her siblings?&#128;&#153; children. The source mentioned that they had contact with domestic birds. [No additional information provided about symptoms, treatment, or the patients' condition.]
 
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niman said:
From Avian Influenza Daily Digest:

Egypt: Suspected Human cases in Suhaj

7/25/07 (translated text) A Kuwaiti source states that seven people from a single family were admitted to Suhaj Fevers Hospital with suspected H5N1 infection. The patients are a thirty year old woman and her three children, along with three of her siblings’ children. The source mentioned that they had contact with domestic birds. [No additional information provided about symptoms, treatment, or the patients' condition.]
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Sure this isn't "recycled news", Doc? Sounds suspiciously like these cases...

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13625

Do you have a link for this "Avian Influenza Daily Digest"? Thanks!
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Theresa42 said:
Sure this isn't "recycled news", Doc? Sounds suspiciously like these cases...

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13625

Do you have a link for this "Avian Influenza Daily Digest"? Thanks!
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Never mind. Found it...

Google-translated from Arabic:

Egypt: Renewed fears of avian influenza with the emergence of new infections
July 24, 2007

Cairo-Qabas:

After the retreat of several months [well, one month maybe], renewed fears of bird flu disease in Egypt again, following the emergence of new cases of infection in a village in Damietta Governorate for the lady in the third decade of life, and after exposure to birds Navch inside her house caused by the transmission of the disease. In the governorate of Sohag, south of Cairo was transferred seven people from one family to a hospital pathogenesis of Sohag on suspicion of illness after mingles birds home, or they (30 years) and three sons and three children of cousins, all of them children.

Despite assurances from experts on the decline in disease activity chapters summer, and because of the high temperatures, which are not borne virus, the casualties continued intermittently.

The H5NI avian influenza disease has caused great damage to livestock in Egypt and caused the death of 15 mostly Kiwa birds infected with the disease and went injuries to 38 cases in a country where nearly five million families on the chicken as a primary source of food and livelihood, which increases the difficulty of eliminating the disease.

The other authorities started quarantine Cairo Airport impose strict health measures on passengers coming from regions of southeast Asia and Latin America and the West Pacific, and after the World Health Organization on the spread of dengue fever in 100 countries around the world.

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=298417

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30684
 
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Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

I believe there have been 2 confirmed human H5N1 cases in Sohag Governorate, a 1 year old girl in April of 2006 and a 7 year old boy in March of 2007. Sequences from both of these individuals have been released.
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Suspected case in Al Minufiyah -- a 30 year-old who sells birds/poultry (not sure of the name) ...

Google-translated from Arabic:

Suspected avian [flu] citizen injured in Menoufia
July 28, 2007

Shibin el-Kom - Dr Mustafa EL MARAGHY, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health brown, detention just Mansour forwards 30 years, a Department of Agriculture Bhpin Mound, and working place for the sale of birds village, [to] Shenwan Hospital pathogenesis of Shibin el-Kom, on suspicion of being [infected with] avian [flu].

EL MARAGHY said he was taking a sample and sent it to the central Ministry of Health laboratories for examination.

Have been concerned by the dangers of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine to move his residence to the village Menauhlh, of the Center of Shibin el-Kom, the execution of birds dead and the living, sampling and buried by health and sound.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egypt/Politics/July/28/flu.aspx
 
Re: EGYPT - June 12, 2007+ - Human cases sus/conf

Rumors of a human bf case northwest of Cairo. Hat-tip, Solitaire!

Egyptian health authorities deny reports about new case of bird flu
Health 8/2/2007 7:20:00 PM

CAIRO, Aug 2 (KUNA) -- Egyptian health authorities on Thursday denied that a new case of bird flu was discovered and stressed there were no new cases of that disease after case 38, which was successfully treated and left hospital.

"There are no grounds to media reports about a new case of bird flu reported in the Burj Al-Arab area, north-west of Cairo," the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.

It added that, rather than a new human case of bird flu, a new case was discovered among birds that were under observation.

"Ever since the outbreak of the disease in Egypt at the beginning of last year, some 3,039 people were put in isolation under suspicion of carrying the virus," the statement said.

It added that, out of 38 confirmed cases, some 15 died, while the remaining 23 were cured due to the medical care they have received.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1832056&Language=en
 
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