Egypt H5N1 2010

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Four new swine flu fatalities in Egypt, numbers go up to 244

Health 1/23/2010 11:29:00 PM


CAIRO, Jan 23 (KUNA) -- Four new swine flu fatalities were reported here Saturday bringing the number of deaths to 244, said the Health Ministry.
A statement by the Ministry revealed that the deaths were for two men and two women between the ages of 25-51.

On other developments, the 94 bird flu case was discovered here today and it was for a man aged 45 from Al-Sharqiya governorate.
The fatality rate from the bird flu in Egypt reached 28 deaths since the disease was discovered here in 2006.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesP...41&Language=en

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Here are some short quotes. Visit ProMed for the whole thing:

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (07): EGYPT, CASE ANALYSIS
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A ProMED-mail post


Worrisome with the situation in Egypt is the frequency with which
women and young people are being infected and the very current trend
of rising infections in children: in 2009 alone, 79 percent of all
infected individuals were under 10 years old. Between January and
December 2009, 17 of the 34 recorded cases involved children between
12 and 30 months-old. Similarly, at the time of this report, human
cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) had also been confirmed in
the Egyptian population, which raises the possibility of co-infection
and the emergence of reassortant viruses.

....

we analysed the records on avian influenza A(H5N1) in Egypt
between 20 Mar 2006 and 31 Aug 2009 and explain the epidemiological
significance of our findings.



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The overall case fatality rate was 32 percent (27/85). It was much
lower in male (3/32) than in female (24/53) cases. According to age,
the case fatality was 2 of 49 in the under 10-year-olds, 8 of 13 in
the 10-19-year-olds, 7 of 9 in the 20-29-year-olds, 8 of 12 in the
30-39-year-olds, and 2 of 2 in the over 50-year-olds (there were no
cases among the 40-49-year-olds). In the years under review, the case
fatality was 10 of 18 for 2006, 9 of 25 for 2007, 4 of 8 for 2008 and
4 of 34 for 2009, with E=10.81 in Pearson's chi-square test and DF=4).

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?..._ID:1000,81104

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AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (26): EGYPT, 108TH CASE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Date: Tue 30 Mar 2010
Source: WHO Global Alert and Response (GAR) Disease Outbreak News [edited]
<http://www.who.int/csr/don/_2010_03_30/en/index.html>


Avian influenza situation in Egypt - WHO update 33
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The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced 2 new human cases of A
(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

The 1st case was announced on Sun 28 Mar 2010 and is a 30 year-old
female from Damietta district, Damietta Governorate. The case was
admitted to hospital on Wed 24 Mar 2010 where she received oseltamivir
treatment. She is in a critical condition. [This case ranks as the
18th case in Egypt in 2010 (108th overall). - Mod.CP]

The 2nd case was announced on Sun 21 Mar 2010 [athe week before] and
is a 4 year-old male from Beba district, Beni Suaif Governorate. The
case was admitted to hospital on Thu 18 Mar 2010 where he received
oseltamivir treatment. He died on Wed 24 Mar 2010. [This case was
previously reported in ProMED-mail as: "Avian influenza, human (24):
Egypt, 107th case 20100322.0908"]. The child died subsequent to the
previous ProMED-mail report and became the 6th fatality in Egypt in
2010 and 33rd overall since 2006. - Mod.CP]

Investigations into the source of infection indicated that both cases
had exposure to sick and dead poultry. The cases were confirmed by the
Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratories, a National Influenza
Center of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN).

Of the 108 laboratory confirmed cases of avian influenza A (H5N1)
reported in Egypt, 33 have been fatal.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Marianne Hopp

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?..._ID:1000,81999

[Kassy]

Seventh fatality of 2010.

18 year old female from Fayoum

http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/art...rticleID=28921

[Kassy]

H5N1 isolated from donkeys in Beni Suef.

See this thread:
http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread.php?p=202183

[Kassy]

A new case of H5N1 in hospital:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2...t_11205078.htm

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http://english.people.com.cn/90001/9...5/7119807.html

The 33 yo woman died. The 36th death in total , 9th this year.

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ProMed post on the same:
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/apex/f..._ID:1000,84562

[Kassy]

Egypt reports to death, 1 from swineflu and the other the 10th case of H5N1 this year:

http://thedailynewsegypt.com/health/...-bird-flu.html

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Archive Number 20101205.4355
Published Date 05-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (61): Egypt, 113th case, 37th death

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (61): EGYPT, 113TH CASE, 37TH DEATH
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Date: Sat 4 Dec 2010
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) [edited]
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesP...74&Language=en



Egypt on Saturday [4 Dec 2010] announced the 10th bird flu fatality
[and 23rd case] this year [2010], a 30-year-old woman residing north
of the capital.

Since the national outbreak of the pandemic in 2006, some 113 cases
were discovered, 37 of which led to death, the Egyptian Health
Ministry said in a statement.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall

[The overall global total of human cases of avian A/(H5N1) influenza
now becomes 559 with 303 fatalities
(<http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2010_11_19/en/index.html>).

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/apex/f..._ID:1000,86113

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http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesP...06&Language=en

11th bird flu death in Egypt this year.

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Via ProMed:

The same source added that a total of 115 people, distributed
throughout the country, had contracted avian A/(H5N1) virus infection
during 2010, 11 of whom had died.

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/apex/f..._ID:1000,86374

This statement is also in the newspaper article but 115 is a bit much (it would signal a severe uptick in cases) so i checked the numbers so far:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian.../en/index.html

Total cases was 113 before this new report so i think we can safely assume that somebody got confused along the way. 115 cases is the cumulative number over all years since 2006.

...and now i see ProMed mentions it very briefly in their commentary:

[The victim in this report is the 11-year-old girl previously
reported to be in critical condition and identified as the 115th
human case of avian influenza A/(H5N1) virus infection in Egypt (see:
ProMED-mail post: "Avian influenza, human (67): Egypt, 115th case
20101223.4515").