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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;21(12):2171-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2112.150885.
[h=1]Increased Number of Human Cases of Influenza Virus A(H5N1) Infection, Egypt, 2014-15.[/h] Refaey S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Amin MM, Fahim M, Roguski K, Elaziz HA, Iuliano AD, Salah N, Uyeki TM, Lindstrom S, Davis CT, Eid A, Genedy M, Kandeel A.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] During November 2014-April 2015, a total of 165 case-patients with influenza virus A(H5N1) infection, including 6 clusters and 51 deaths, were identified in Egypt. Among infected persons, 99% reported poultry exposure: 19% to ill poultry and 35% to dead poultry. Only 1 person reported wearing personal protective equipment while working with poultry.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Egypt; H5N1; avian influenza; human; influenza; poultry; viruses
PMID: 26584397 [PubMed - in process]
[h=1]Increased Number of Human Cases of Influenza Virus A(H5N1) Infection, Egypt, 2014-15.[/h] Refaey S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Amin MM, Fahim M, Roguski K, Elaziz HA, Iuliano AD, Salah N, Uyeki TM, Lindstrom S, Davis CT, Eid A, Genedy M, Kandeel A.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] During November 2014-April 2015, a total of 165 case-patients with influenza virus A(H5N1) infection, including 6 clusters and 51 deaths, were identified in Egypt. Among infected persons, 99% reported poultry exposure: 19% to ill poultry and 35% to dead poultry. Only 1 person reported wearing personal protective equipment while working with poultry.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Egypt; H5N1; avian influenza; human; influenza; poultry; viruses
PMID: 26584397 [PubMed - in process]