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Egypt is reporting their 45th human infection of the H5N1 virus, this time a 25 year-old-woman from Fayoum province. She is reportedly on a respirator.
The 4-year-old diagnosed with bird flu last Monday remains hospitalized.
Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu-MENA
Sat 1 Mar 2008, 19:20 GMT
CAIRO, March 1 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman tested positive for bird flu on Saturday, the 45th confirmed human case in the Arab world's most populous country, state news agency MENA said.
Ministry of Health spokesman Abdel Rahman Shaheen said the woman had been treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu and had been transferred from Fayoum province to a hospital in Cairo, the agency said.
The woman was suffering from a high fever, both her lungs were inflamed, and she was being kept on a respirator and under observation, Shaheen said.
A 4-year-old girl tested positive for bird flu on Monday.
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