Egypt: New Patient Tests Positive For H5N1














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Egypt is reporting their 21st case of Bird flu this morning. As usual, details are very sketchy.


This from Reuters.



Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu: WHO


Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:32 PM GMT16

CAIRO (Reuters) - A 37-year-old Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly bird flu virus, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Egypt to 21, a World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.


"There is a case, 37-years old, from Fayoum. She has been transferred to Abbasiya (hospital) in good condition," said Hassan el-Bushra, regional adviser for communicable diseases surveillance for the World Health Organization.


A Health Ministry statement identified the woman as Nadia Abdel-Hafez from Fayoum province southwest of Cairo, the same area where a 17-year-old girl died of bird flu earlier this month.




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