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Bird Flu Reports Out Of Egypt

 

 

 

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Twelve days ago, after several months of no reported human H5N1 infections coming out of Egypt, we learned of a 20-year old woman (see Egypt Announces 110th Bird Flu Case) with the virus who died on July 27th.

 

Today, Treyfish on FluTrackers has found, translated, and posted a couple of articles from the Arabic media that indicate at least one, and possibly two new human cases.

 

First, from http://www.ahram.org.eg/  front page we get this report.

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You can follow this case on the FluTrackers website by going to this thread.  A machine translation of the full story follows.

 

New cases of bird flu, child

Ministry of Health announced the discovery of bird flu disease, injury drink it for old girl from Cairo Governorate Alamraamin This is Case No. 111 since the onset of the disease.

 

The ministry said in a statement today, the first girl went to hospital on Monday, with a high temperature and after exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.

 


Added that the girl was transferred to a hospital has been given the Tamiflu drug Altammivlually drug immediately and in stable condition.

 

Another media report today (which you can follow on this FluTracker Thread) concerns a suspected  H5N1 infection in a 30 year-old woman currently being treated at hospital in Mallhalah.

 

Detention camp Bhmyat new cases of suspected bird flu

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 - 21:33

Detained in a hospital Mahallah new situation for the lady in the third decade of age for suspected bird flu after an outbreak symptoms of the disease and the high temperature, and taking blood samples and throat swabs to set out the extent of her illness or not.

 

The Fever Hospital camp have been held yesterday Shaimaa Mohammed Khadir (30 years) from the village Cbrabail Center area suspected of having bird flu virus, and taking blood samples, including swabs shaving them, and sent to the central laboratories of the Ministry of Health to show the extent of her illness or not, and given the drug Tamiflu.

 

Egypt, like Indonesia (and likely a handful of other countries) continues to see sporadic human infections with the H5N1 avian flu virus. Most (but not all) have been linked to close contact with infected poultry or birds.

While the virus has yet to adapt well enough to human physiology to transmit effectively between people, scientists continue to warn that the the threat from this virus has not diminished much since it re-emerged in 2003 (see   Eurosurveillance: 500 H5N1 Cases After 6 1/2 Years)

 

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