WHO Update On Egypt Case #64

 

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The WHO (World Health Organization) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has posted an update on the latest case out of Egypt.    The main WHO site’s  Disease Outbreak News page has not yet been updated.

 

 

New confirmed human case of avian influenza (case number 64)

15 April 2009

The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza on 15 April 2009. The new case is a 33-year-old female from the Kellin district of Kfr El Sheikh governorate. Her symptoms began on 7 April and she was hospitalized at Kfr El Sheikh Fever Hospital on 15 April.

The patient received treatment with Tamiflu on the same day of hospitalization. Infection with H5N1 avian influenza was also confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory on 15 April.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate a history of close contact with dead and sick poultry prior to becoming ill. She is in a very critical condition and is currently on an artificial ventilator. 

This brings the total number of human confirmed cases of avian influenza in Egypt up to 64 with 23 deaths.

 

 

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