Egypt - MoH denies genetic mutation of H5N1 virus - says largest human outbreak on record is due to contact with infected poultry

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Home Breaking News A spokesman for the "health": There is no genetic mutation of the bird flu virus
Sunday, April 5, 2015 - 1:21

D. Just infection Minister of Health Wrote Walid Abdul Salam Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, the international reference laboratories used by the Ministry of Health for analysis of disease samples of H5N1 bird flu, proved the absence of a genetic mutation of the virus influenza. , said Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in a special statement for " the seventh day, "said the ministry is keen on samples analyzed in the largest reference laboratories in the world; including the control center coefficient in the diseases of the US Congress, and" Alnmarw 3 "of the US Navy. He said Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, that the international mission, which Egypt had visited a month ago fact-fact spread of avian influenza virus, confirmed the existence of an unsafe deal with the birds, which causes high HIV infections. The researchers confirmed the presence of a mutation in the virus of avian influenza, caused the lifting of infection rates among Egyptians recently.

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Please see:

EMERGENCE OF A NOVEL CLUSTER OF INFLUENZA A(H5N1) VIRUS CLADE 2.2.1.2 WITH PUTATIVE HUMAN HEALTH IMPACT IN EGYPT, 2014/15

 

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Please notice the time - 1:21 am, Sunday April 5. A very unusual time for the Ministry of Health to making this announcement via the media.

 

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Health Ministry official spokesman for ?Al-Ahram?: No mutation of the bird flu virus

Hossam Zayed wrote:


Dr. Hossam Abdul Ghaffar, Health Ministry official spokesman, the lack of mutations in the avian influenza virus is known not to ?non-mutated virus?.

He said that the cause of human infections is unsafe to deal with the bird, which confirms two facts, one high rates of human infection in Egypt and the existence of cases of children age 7 months, which is not recorded anywhere in the world.

He added that the other truth is that mortality rates in Egypt, less than recorded in the world death rate by 20%, indicating that this is due to the rapid handling of medical teams with suspected cases, and that the drug used in the treatment his effective positive results if it is positive for the first 24 hours.

He explained that the international organizations mission report, emphasized the lack of transmission of the virus from humans to humans, which is very important for increasing the numbers infected.

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