Wednesday, June 1, 2011

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (44): EGYPT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO), CSR, Disease Outbreak News
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<http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_06_01/en/index.html>


Avian influenza situation in Egypt -- WHO update 52
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new confirmed case of
human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.

The case is a 30-year-old female from Amria District, Alexandria
Governorate. She developed symptoms on 26 Apr 2011 and was
hospitalized on 3 May 2011. She was in a critical condition under
artificial ventilation and died on 9 May 2011. She had received
oseltamivir treatment at the time of hospitalization.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that the patient
had exposure to sick poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health
Laboratory, a National Influenza Center of the WHO Global Influenza
Surveillance Network. Of the 144 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 48
have been fatal.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Marianne Hopp

[This brings the overall total of human cases of avian influenza
A/H5N1 virus infection since the beginning of the outbreak in 2003 to
554, and the number of fatalities to 324. There have now been 38 cases
of avian A/H5N1 influenza in 2011 and 18 fatalities.

During the 1st 5 months of 2011, 25 of the 38 new human cases (66
percent) have been recorded in Egypt, but only 8 of the 18 fatalities
(44 percent).

A map of the governorates of Egypt can be accessed at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt>.

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