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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (88): EGYPT (SHARKIYA), 70TH CASE
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Date: Thu 14 May 2009
Source: Reuters News [edited]
<http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSLE534551>
A 4 year old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird
flu virus, bringing to 70 the number of human avian flu cases in the most
populous Arab country, the state news agency MENA reported.
Egypt has been hit harder by the virus than any other country outside Asia
and has seen a surge of cases in recent weeks. Ten new human infections
have been reported since 1 Apr 2009, more than the country saw in all of
2008. The latest sufferer from the virus is from the Nile Delta province of
Sharkiya, MENA said.
The avian flu virus rarely infects people, but experts say they fear it
could mutate into a form that humans could easily pass to one another,
sparking a pandemic that could kill millions. Some 26 Egyptians have died
after contracting the virus. Most of those infected had come into contact
with infected domestic birds, in a country where 5 million households raise
poultry as a significant source of food and income.
MENA reported that the boy, believed to have contracted the virus from sick
household birds, had entered hospital suffering from a high fever and
showing flu symptoms. He was being treated with the anti-viral drug Tamiflu
[oseltamivir] and was in a stable condition, MENA added.
Last month [April 2009], Egypt ordered the culling of all the country's 300
000 to 400 000 pigs as a precaution against the new H1N1 influenza strain,
also known as swine flu, which has infected nearly 6000 people in more than
30 countries. The new virus has not been detected in Egypt so far.
Since 2003, the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has infected more than 400
people in 15 countries and killed more than 250. It has killed or forced
the culling of more than 300 million birds in 61 countries in Asia, the
Middle East, Africa and Europe.
[byline: Cynthia Johnston]
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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall
[This 70th case further conforms to the age-specific rate pattern, which
distinguishes cases of avian A (H5N1) influenza as discussed in the
Eurosurveillance article by Dr JP Dudley reproduced in a recent ProMED-mail
post (Avian influenza, human (86): Egypt, age-specific rates 20090507.1708).
Sharkiya province (no. 23) can be located in the map of the governorates of
Egypt at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt>. The
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Egypt is available at
<http://healthmap.org/r/00bO>. - Mod.CP]
[see also:
Avian influenza, human (87): Egypt (SJ) 69th case 20090511.1760
Avian influenza, human (86): Egypt, age-specific rates 20090507.1708
Avian influenza, human (85): Egypt, Viet Nam, WHO 20090506.1694
Avian influenza, human (82): Egypt (GH) 68th case 20090424.1545
Avian influenza, human (81): Egypt, WHO 20090423.1535
Avian influenza, human (80): Egypt, 25th fatality 20090423.1531
Avian influenza, human (79): Egypt, 67th case 20090422.1517
Avian influenza, human (78): Egypt, WHO 20090421.1506
Avian influenza, human (77): Egypt (KS) 66th case 20090420.1493
Avian influenza, human (76): Egypt (Cairo) 20090418.1472
Avian influenza, human (75): Egypt, 64th case conf 20090417.1464
Avian influenza, human (74): Egypt, 64th case susp. 20090417.1463
Avian influenza, human (73): Egypt, virulence 20090413.1411
Avian influenza, human (72): Egypt, virulence 20090412.1403
Avian influenza, human (71): Egypt, Viet Nam, WHO 20090408.1359
Avian influenza, human (70): Egypt (QL), 63rd case 20090406.1336
Avian influenza, human (69): Egypt (BH) 62nd case 20090404.1299
Avian influenza, human (66): Egypt (BH) 20090402.1271
Avian influenza, human (64): Egypt (QN), WHO 20090330.1220
Avian influenza, human (63): Egypt, 60th case 20090329.1211
Avian influenza, human (58): Egypt (AT), WHO 20090323.1142
Avian influenza, human (55): Egypt (AT), Viet Nam (DT) 20090320.1118
Avian influenza, human (52): Egypt (MF), WHO 20090311.1013
Avian influenza, human (51): Egypt (MF) susp 20090311.1007
Avian influenza, human (50): Egypt (AL), WHO 20090311.1004
Avian influenza, human (49): Egypt (Cairo) NOT 20090306.0932
Avian influenza, human (48): Egypt (Cairo), susp. 20090305.0901
Avian influenza, human (46): Indonesia, susp., Egypt, WHO conf. 20090303.0867
Avian influenza, human (44): Indonesia, Egypt susp. 20090301.0853
Avian influenza, human (33): Egypt (MN), WHO 20090210.0599
Avian influenza, human (31): Egypt (MN) 20090208.0575
Avian influenza, human (29): Egypt (SUZ) 20090205.0511
Avian influenza, human (23): Egypt, WHO 20090127.0366
Avian influenza, human (21): Egypt 20090125.0338
Avian influenza, human (07): Egypt (SO), WHO 20090114.0158
Avian influenza, human (06): Egypt (SO) 20090113.0142
2008
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Avian influenza, human (80): Egypt (AST), WHO 20081216.3953]
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