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H7 in Egypt question
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gsgs
Registered User
Re: H7 in Egypt question
you mean Wales ? That was H7N2.
No reports about H7 in Egypt AFAIK.
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=5687
one from 1945: A/fowl/Egypt/45(H7N1)
you mean Wales ? That was H7N2.
No reports about H7 in Egypt AFAIK.
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=5687
one from 1945: A/fowl/Egypt/45(H7N1)
Theresa42
Well-known member
Re: H7 in Egypt question
No -- I mean Egypt -- Aug of this year. No info at the OIE then?:
H7 strain of bird flu detected in Egypt
August 21, 2007
A case of the H7 strain of bird flu was detected in Egypt after a migrant bird in Sharqiya governorate in the Nile Delta tested positive to the H7 virus, Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said on Monday.
El-Gabali confirmed the discovery of the bird flu case when addressing the Heath Committee of the Shura Council on Monday, adding a sample of the virus will be sent abroad for further analysis, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
After a migrated bird from East Europe found in a pond in Sharqiya was tested positive to the H7 strain of the disease, al-Gabali said he contacted Minister of Agriculture Amin Abbaza to hold an emergency meeting of the anti-bird flu committee to assess the situation.
The health minister warned against direct contact with live birds, saying leniency in dealing with live birds could lead to an outbreak of the disease.
Among a dozen more forms of avian influenza, or bird flu, the H5N1 form is the most dangerous. It is highly pathogenic and extremely contagious among birds, both by air and contact with faeces. But the H7 strain is not as deadly as H5 strains of the disease, said the report.
Since the deadly H5N1 virus was first detected in dead poultry in Egypt in February 2006 and the first human case in March of the same year, about 38 bird flu human cases have been recorded in the country. Out of them, 23 cases have recovered and 15 died.
The latest victim was 25-year-old Naeima Abdu Gamil, who came from Damietta governorate, 150 km north of Cairo, and tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in late July.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6244081.html
No -- I mean Egypt -- Aug of this year. No info at the OIE then?:
H7 strain of bird flu detected in Egypt
August 21, 2007
A case of the H7 strain of bird flu was detected in Egypt after a migrant bird in Sharqiya governorate in the Nile Delta tested positive to the H7 virus, Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said on Monday.
El-Gabali confirmed the discovery of the bird flu case when addressing the Heath Committee of the Shura Council on Monday, adding a sample of the virus will be sent abroad for further analysis, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
After a migrated bird from East Europe found in a pond in Sharqiya was tested positive to the H7 strain of the disease, al-Gabali said he contacted Minister of Agriculture Amin Abbaza to hold an emergency meeting of the anti-bird flu committee to assess the situation.
The health minister warned against direct contact with live birds, saying leniency in dealing with live birds could lead to an outbreak of the disease.
Among a dozen more forms of avian influenza, or bird flu, the H5N1 form is the most dangerous. It is highly pathogenic and extremely contagious among birds, both by air and contact with faeces. But the H7 strain is not as deadly as H5 strains of the disease, said the report.
Since the deadly H5N1 virus was first detected in dead poultry in Egypt in February 2006 and the first human case in March of the same year, about 38 bird flu human cases have been recorded in the country. Out of them, 23 cases have recovered and 15 died.
The latest victim was 25-year-old Naeima Abdu Gamil, who came from Damietta governorate, 150 km north of Cairo, and tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in late July.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6244081.html
Re: H7 in Egypt question
No, They haven't filed anything. I think that H5 and H7 low path reporting requirement allow for something like 6 months to file a report. It is likely to be H7N2 or H7N3 based on infections in Europe, although South Korea reported H7N8 and these are all linked together by wild birds, although surveillance of H7 is beyond abysmal.