Announcement

**Theresa42** · January 15, 2008, 06:37 AM

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The Health Ministry denies the death of a new disease avian influenza 1/14/2008

The Health Ministry denies the death of a new bird flu disease
Damietta Governorate seller birds belonging to another victim of bird flu.

CAIRO - Editor TOM - Denied that the Ministry of Health and population published on Monday in one of the daily newspapers in the death of a woman was infected Panevloanza birds in the province of Menoufiya.

The Middle East News Agency quoted Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Shaheen Media adviser and spokesman of the Ministry of Health that this news shame completely unfounded and that the total number of cases of bird flu since the disease appeared in Egypt in March 2006 until Monday morning amounted to 43 cases of which 19 died case only.

He added Shaheen said in a statement that the recent death of a woman Hanim Ibrahim Atwa "50 years" of Damietta Governorate, where she starts Sadr Hospital on the evening of Monday December 31, 2007.

In the same vein, proved sampling of patient Samia Mohamed Hussein, "45 years" integrity of the avian influenza disease in the hospital dietary Alexandria out sick on Monday, after the failure of her disease.

Added. Manager Hisham Mohammed Hospital dietary Alexandria that the diseased area resident Apis Alexandria exposed to a rise in temperature which raised doubts about the illness bird flu and the results of analyses were conducted central labs of the Ministry of Health in Cairo negative.

It turned out that the high temperature was the result of her caught a cold and free of avian influenza.

This is the third winter in Egypt who witnessed deaths after the virus dormant during the summer much temperature and a low risk of transmission significantly.

A government programme to vaccinate birds but is difficult to apply compulsory vaccination.

And adopted about five million house in Egypt for the birds as a major source of food and income. The Government says that this possibility is difficult to uproot the disease from the country.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/Egypt/Politics/2008/January/14/flu_brds_den.aspx

**Theresa42** · January 15, 2008, 06:51 AM

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Ministry of Health: 19 deaths bird flu only since March 2006
Jan 15, 2008

Sana wrote Mustafa Sayed Program: Dr. Abdulrahman Shaheen Spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population lack of new cases and deaths disease avian influenza. He said in an urgent statement issued by Dr. Hatem mountain, Minister of Health and Population, denied what was published yesterday in the death of a woman from Menoufiya Governorate avian influenza virus. He added: that the number of deaths since the emergence of bird flu disease in Egypt in the month of March 2006 amounted to 19 cases of the total number who have been infected recovery are 43 cases of infection.

He pointed out that the suspected cases of the disease did not confirm an actual injuries disease avian influenza.

On the other hand, detained Hospital Dietetic Fayoum Iman Hassan Authority, 18 years from the village of Sila on suspicion safety illness bird flu and take preventive action prophylactically, and the organs of veterinary medicine, health and the status of the local unit Fayoum sprayed houses surrounding a house girl infected.

On a related tests showed negative results of samples taken from Mrs. Awatef Ramadan Juma from the village of Naisa Alatamenh status Team had been detained last week on suspicion of bird flu disease injured.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsDetail.php?id=1040&type=local&PHPSESSID=9868be9960935da18ce7a89d1f458140

**Theresa42** · January 15, 2008, 06:59 AM

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Closure of poultry farms adjacent to the residential blocks .. The new conditions of licences

Salem wrote Mitwalli 15/1/2008

The Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, a new campaign to monitor bird flu in the province of Dakahliya, 50 through the formation of a technical committee of the ministry's veterinary services, the task of which is to take samples of poultry farms and rural education and analysis of central labs of the Ministry of Agriculture, to ensure that they are free from avian influenza , in addition to the intensive campaigns for the markets selling live birds governorate.

Dr. Hamed Samaha, Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, was completed immunization 8 million rural education bird various governorates since the start of the second national campaign to combat the disease last December 10.

In a related development, the Ministry of Agriculture decided to put new conditions of strict control on poultry farms and to ensure that vital security procedures to allow continued activity in fattening poultry.

The new requirements should be the distance between any bacterial activity and another residential block or not less than 500 meters in the absence of this requirement, is to stop the activity of the farm is not renew the license to conduct the activity.

While in the case of non-availability of a distance of 500 metres between poultry farms and other poultry farm, the farm is to stop unlicensed, and in the availability of a license to be standardization activity Climate Education are either fattening or production of eggs table.

The requirements to be met by existing poultry farms, and there are many technical requirements to be wards of concrete flooring in the direction of smooth-mile suitable for the process of cleansing and washing, and the roof and walls lined layer smooth for easy cleaning, in addition to interest hygiene farm workers and the requirements of the provision Occupational Safety and Health, and periodic disclosure to the farm workers and ensure their safety.

The conditions also included non-traditional use of disinfectants such as environmentally safe and Formalin derivatives and the use of environmentally safe alternatives in the cleansing operations.

It also included new requirements also safe disposal of the remnants of poultry farms or rural education, and a plan Court against insects and rodents, and keep a record of environmental be available for inspection environmental and kept farm fence and gate, and processed entrance basin clearing vehicles transporting birds from the farm, it, that the Ministries of Agriculture, Health and Environmental Affairs review the application requirements for these farms.

The Ministry of Agriculture set new conditions for approval of the establishment of new poultry farms, including that the location of the farm away from residential block any activity bacterial another, a distance of not less than one kilometer from all directions in the case of fattening farms, and up the distance between the farm and residential block more than a kilogram meters for farms producing eggs round, mothers and hatchery plants,

While we must exclude poultry farms supplied a distance of at least 15 kilometers from the residential block in all directions, in addition to the application of the rest of the vital safety conditions will be applied in the old poultry farms.

Dr. Sabir Abdul Aziz, general manager of epidemics and diseases of poultry General Authority for Veterinary Services, it was decided to review and follow up poultry farms through campaigns to make sure sudden new license requirements and the extent they conform to these conditions.

He stressed that under the new regulations, it is not changing the activity of any list of the poultry farm before studying nearby poultry farms within a distance of 500 meters, provided they differ in the activity, pointing to the need to maintain records of poultry farms numbered compendium of farm workers, in addition to determining Transactions periodic herds, circulation and the movement of birds either the sale or purchase or transport and record the follow-up visit, the accredited veterinarian from the Department of them farm.

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=90026

**Theresa42** · January 15, 2008, 11:30 AM

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Mountain whistle-blower before the People's Assembly's Health Committee:
Egypt number "3" in the world in the incidence of avian influenza
Do not hide any data from the World Health Organization .. Unlike other States [Countries]
Jan 15, 2008

Magdi Abdel-Rahman wrote:

Dr. Hatem mountain Minister of Health and Population, Egypt occupies the third place currently on the list of countries hit by bird flu disease after Indonesia and Vietnam .. He pointed out that the incidence of human infection was 43 positive. Died, including 19 cases. The infection rate in Egypt is less than the global rate.

The mountain in front of a meeting of the People's Assembly's Health Committee last night, headed by Dr. Hamdi Mr. Chairman of the Committee: that in 2006 saw 18 human infection died, including 10 cases of 55 per cent. While in 2007 were 25 cases and 9 deaths by 36 per cent.

Attributed to the awareness of the seriousness of the disease citizens .. He noted that the number of farms that have been injured in 2006 amounted 858. Dropped to 27 farms in 2007. Recorded the ministry earlier this year to hit 10 farms.

The Minister of Health: that the total number of cases in sick on the republic's level 4 thousand [suspected] cases including 43 cases of human positive and resulted in the death of 19 cases.

Health Minister pointed out that there was a decline in the administration of massacres mechanism at the level of the Syrian armed forces and contributed in the establishment of 8 massacres mechanism has been completed to establish slaughterhouses and the rest next June.

The real estate "Tamiflu" available at the ministry and quantities of up to 5.2 million packet enough even in 2012 after it was total inventory at the beginning of the crisis we have about 996 ton.

The Minister of Health has reduced the risk of mortality resulting from the bird flu .. Saying: that the rate in Egypt is still low at about 44 per cent compared to 61 per cent globally .. He stressed that the world is Egypt because they do not conceal any figures from the World Health Organization unlike other States.

He denied that the disease may radically alter the genetic composition has not moved from one to another so far .. He stressed that if Altami still preferable to the disease.

And alter the disease. Gabali said that the whole world now deals on the assumption that the worst of modification will happen one day, but no one knows when we prepare well to face any dangers in the future in order to protect people and the Egyptian citizen to know that Alfarrakh started killing rights.

On the other hand. Dr Mona Mehrez Undersecretary of the Ministry of Veterinary that all vaccines used in the face of disease sound to meet international standards.

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**Theresa42** · January 15, 2008, 12:07 PM

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D. Hatem mountain: the bird flu virus .. No stable shapes
Preparations at the highest level of the Republic .. To reduce the spread of the disease
QALUBAIYA failed in the transfer of pig farms
Jan 15, 2008

Written by - Hashim Abdella:

Dr. Hatem mountain Minister of Health and Population that there had been no deaths or new infections of avian influenza this week .. The number of casualties since the emergence of the disease was 43 cases including 19 deaths so far.

He confirmed that the virus is still in the developed since its inception has not yet mutated cases of the West and analysis of all casualties are in the world control the World Health Organization so as to identify the nature of the virus and in the case of the emergence of any developments allow transmission of the virus from another person that will be announced immediately to raise awareness between citizens and prevent any epidemiology may occur.
The minister added that there is equipment with the latest standard within hospitals chest and dietary case of any unforeseen circumstances, pointing out that support treatment "Tamiflu ?" to limit the symptoms of avian influenza medicines again to resist the virus and speed healing of cases infected the disease.

The three cases who died during the last period all injuries due to domestic education indiscriminate and hide citizens poultry and birds from the control campaigns in addition to the delayed discovery of the virus and the lack of awareness some citizens symptoms of the disease.

Elsewhere in the case continued to maintain maximum readiness to confront virus and declared all units of veterinary medicine state of emergency throughout the day and move immediately to any new hotbed view birds infected and vaccinated birds sound to reduce the spread of the disease.
For the human cases have been booking 6 cases district hospitals salt [Fevers] and Damietta suspected sickened and is currently conducting tests on them to ensure their safety, injury did not show any new cases of death, which confirms the stability of the virus and its development.

Alexandria just:

Dominated recession markets and poultry prices fell kilo of live poultry to 7 pounds and range rate applied eggs from 7 to 9 pounds.

He said. Farid Jafar Director General of the Department of poultry veterinary medicine, the main reason for low prices is feared citizens from bird flu, pointing to the fact that most farms had not recorded any movement sale during the current period.

Elsewhere proved sampling of patient Samia Mohamed Hussein 45 years integrity [negative] of bird flu and the hospital dietary exit.

QALUBAIYA Majdi Rifai:

Failed conservation efforts in modifying activity 52 special farm pigs where owners refused to change the activity or transfer outside the residential block.

Counsel said Adli Hussein, governor Qaliubiya We are working hard to encourage owners of farms pigs change their activities or move away from residential blocks, but unfortunately so far not yield to our demands, the plantation owners were not our success.

The organs of veterinary medicine withdrawn samples of pigs existing Bakhankh to ensure free of avian influenza.

Western [Gharbiyah] Abu Dashic:

Hospital district salt detained three new cases of suspected bird flu infection They Inas Mohamed and meet Mr. Reza Ashraf, all of the district centre and after their rise in temperature and congestion in the throat and immediately was taken samples of blood and the appearance of the throat to be sent to central laboratories and make sure that sickened or not.

Damietta Nader architecture:

Detained Hospital Dietetic Damietta Child Mr. Mohammed Hamdan two years of Kafr melon Damietta Governorate of suspected avian influenza illness was haq samples of it to make sure his condition at the same time been detained Khaled Abdu franchise and the city of Zarqa his wife after the emergence of a new hotbed of avian influenza home.

The local authorities and the Director of Veterinary Medicine 4 remove nesting and execution 1093 flying from homes adjacent to the situations that have been discovered.

Menoufiya arisen Razek

Managed campaign by the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine control 27 sacks packed b 540 turkey blank 8 months old lying dead beside a tape Railroad City "Swimming seven" moved immediately d. Sv God Hassan Undersecretary of the Ministry of veterinary medicine and a team of 14 doctors and technicians Directorate led campaigns to preserve farms free of the virus are likely to be seized sacks were thrown from a train passing his city. Maher Milad general manager prevention Department of Veterinary Medicine that 74 were executed flying home after the injury .. Also been immunized 236 thousand and 627 flying over the last week.

Ameriya Hamid night:

Veterinary Directorate executed 42 LAID Bird village after Ahmed Orabi found infected, as a preventive measure by veterinary officials to execute existing influenza Service diameter village square kilometers addition to the 6000 vaccinated birds in the rest of the village.

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**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 08:15 AM

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8 cases of detention on suspicion
In bird flu
January 16, 2008

Detained Hospital Dietetic Shebin Mound both happy Muhammad agent "43 years" and Njie Abdulraheem manufacturing "52 years" and Heptulla Abdulaziz "26 years" on suspicion of bird flu infection after their rise in temperature and congestion in the throat.

Zapata Hospital Dietetic Ceyhan Science Academy "27 years" .. Hospital Sadr [Chest] polymer Hanan Mohammed Bassiouni "33 years" and an excellent Ahmed Khalil "55 years" .. Hospital Dietetic Mahala Amani Mohamed Mustafa "25 years" and hospital salt Damietta CARE Jaber Friday on suspicion also positive disease.

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**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 08:27 AM

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Ah, the good ol' Muslim Brotherhood....

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Mountain [Minister of Health]: Bird flu spread to the countryside to preserve the citizen lives Alfarrakh most of his life

Wrote Mohammed Abdul Kader 16/1/2008

[Muslim] Brotherhood deputies accused factory "Nmro" [NAMRU] American, causing the spread of bird flu in Egypt, said MP Ali Laban, during a meeting of the Health Committee in the People yesterday: that the lab insists on not accessed by Egypt on the genetic structure of the virus.

He called for the need to assign Coffee task of overseeing the analysis of the virus to at least 3 labs, and added that there are 350 thousand pigs in Egypt responsible for the disease. He called the Muslim Brotherhood Hamdi Hassan, to deal with the issue of "pigs" away from religious considerations.

He said: This has nothing to do with Balnsari, because if the disease within alter pigs will be a catastrophe for Egypt.

Dr. Hatem mountain, Minister of Health, has admitted in a statement to the Committee that Egypt is not up to combat the virus effectively 100%, stressing that the crisis is still in the lack of awareness among citizens,

He said: avian influenza disease awareness and not poverty citizen in the countryside to preserve the life or preserve the Alfarrakh life, as a result of this, the rate of vaccination against the virus in rural areas do not exceed 40%, and 40 cases of infections were from the share of housewives.

For its part, denied Dr. Mona Mehrez, Director of the Research Institute for Animal Health, Health said [Muslim] Brotherhood deputy Institute "Nmro" [NAMRU], pointed out that 29% of Egyptian workers, and that the lab reference to the World Health Organization and will be overseen by 23 countries including Egypt, The difficulty of recruiting a veterinarian each farm, because Egypt where 140 thousand farm.

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=90192

**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 08:33 AM

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HCW (nurse) suspected case in Menoufiya....

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Adli Hussein: Mafia smuggling chicken more dangerous than drug dealers

Wrote governorates - Egyptian today 16/1/2008

Counsel said Adli Hussein, governor Qaliubiya, in his statement to the local conservation yesterday: "that the government is not fighting the bird flu virus, but mafia smuggling of chickens infected farms before his execution, they are more dangerous than drug dealers."

In the same context, Major General Ahmed Saeed received Sawan, Dakahlia governor, a report from the hospital was Mansoura, according to the detention of 8 new cases for her symptoms similar to bird flu, the report said the high number of cases to 19 cases impounded [currently?.

In Menoufiya, Dr. Atta said Hisham Youssef, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, has been detained 5 cases are: Ahmed Shaaban Secretary of the village of Berkat Dlleke in salt [Fevers Hospital] read, and Rasha Shaheen 22 years in the village of Ibrahim "salt worries", benign Said 25 years nurse from the village Henwani, honest Bayoumi 32 years Kafr Pharaonic in Dietetic Science, Youssef Ibrahim two in the village of TV "salt Shebin Mound".

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=90194

**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 09:02 AM

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Swine flu attack Egypt next month
300 A pig population of the capital and threatened with death governorates
Jan 16, 2008

Alexandria Majed Mohammed and Waleed Sarhan:

Report cautioned that the WHO of the spread of flu virus in pigs Egypt monthly by next February and March. The report said that Egypt has more than 300 thousand pigs, 60 A pig in Qaliubiya and 52 thousand in Dakahlia and 20 thousand and 45 thousand in Cairo in Assiut as well as the presence of some within soul sporadic owners landfill deployed in Alexandria and other governorates and retain a number of monasteries together.

The FAO report that pigs can carry the bird flu virus infection and human influenza capable of mixing and cohesion between the two and it was possible that the mutated viruses from previous virus capable of attacking new rights and the suffering and move to others and called for taking all remedial and preventive means to prevent the arrival of the bird flu virus to farms Pigs and in the case of these farms turn into new factories for viruses modified fatal.

The WHO report that the body of pork can play Carburetor shell of the two diseases bird flu and human flu, they are exchanging genetic pieces of nucleic acid in the body of pork to complete the process of modification and exchange viral.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsDetail.php?id=2033&type=main&PHPSESSID=dc39163deb3f7aa17497d7eadcb87332

**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 09:13 AM

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Hat-tip, christian!

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Isolate the 39 cases suspected avian influenza virus in Alexandria
Labib threatens to close the farms, stores that violate the conditions of health
Al Wafd - 2008-01-16

Alexandria - Hosni Hafez: Dr. Hisham Aldgs director general hospital salt Alexandria hospital to receive about suspected avian influenza virus during the past two weeks, including 16 children and 23 lady pointing to booking cases compartments of isolation and withdrawal of samples for analysis laboratory Central PCR Aldgs said that all suspected of injuries Asbeti Khurshid areas and improved, and park and Ameriya and Apis.

He added that the hospital also received 8 suspected cases other parts of the rotor and Kafr Aboualemtamir in Beheira and that all the recent cases were negative was treated for periods ranging between 5 and 7 days.

For his part, threatened to Maj. Gen. Adel Labib governor of Alexandria close down all shops of living birds violation of the conditions of health and withdraw licenses farms that have not done the work periodic cleansing and demanded Labib tightening security at the entrances and exits to maintain control and no cars loaded with birds and the governor pointed out that the formation of a local committee to confront the disease its discovery Well affected by the execution of birds immediately cemetery health Burj Al Arab region, rose in the Directorate of Health in Alexandria maximum degree of readiness to receive any new suspected cases, the elimination of all leave physicians and hospitals Sadr dietary Dr. Abd safety first undersecretary of the Ministry of Health to provide vaccines and Tamiflu ? preventive devices and disinfectants necessary.

He warned d. Safety deal directly with the live poultry for the rapid transmission of the virus during the winter, also warned d.

Dealing with the safety of migratory birds either caught or transfer had been vaccinated all dealers with the virus from doctors and members of nursing and laboratory technicians and labs.

With Dr. Mahmoud Alawi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of veterinary vaccination of about 60 thousand birds nest and the closure of 125 birds and 620 contrary to the liberalization of farm owners violating d threatened.

Alwi demolished all nesting poultry that are not safe uncertain pointing to the Directorate using Steel sprayed in the affected areas in the Police Department to control Supply car loaded with approximately half of the transfer of 235 chickens, 54 ducks found the virus infection was their execution immediately confirmed Brigadier Mohammed Sharqawi Director of the Department of Police Supply control 47 Pregnancy possession 2605 chickens are introduced without a license.

http://www.alwafd.org/v3/News/NewsDetail.php?id=1054&type=local&PHPSESSID=dc39163deb3f7aa17497d7eadcb87332

**sharon sanders** · January 16, 2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by Theresa42 View Post

HCW (nurse) suspected case in Menoufiya....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Adli Hussein: Mafia smuggling chicken more dangerous than drug dealers

Wrote governorates - Egyptian today 16/1/2008

Counsel said Adli Hussein, governor Qaliubiya, in his statement to the local conservation yesterday: "that the government is not fighting the bird flu virus, but mafia smuggling of chickens infected farms before his execution, they are more dangerous than drug dealers."

In the same context, Major General Ahmed Saeed received Sawan, Dakahlia governor, a report from the hospital was Mansoura, according to the detention of 8 new cases for her symptoms similar to bird flu, the report said the high number of cases to 19 cases impounded [currently?.

In Menoufiya, Dr. Atta said Hisham Youssef, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, has been detained 5 cases are: Ahmed Shaaban Secretary of the village of Berkat Dlleke in salt [Fevers Hospital] read, and Rasha Shaheen 22 years in the village of Ibrahim "salt worries", benign Said 25 years nurse from the village Henwani, honest Bayoumi 32 years Kafr Pharaonic in Dietetic Science, Youssef Ibrahim two in the village of TV "salt Shebin Mound".

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/articl...rticleID=90194

Do we know if this nurse treated any of the H5N1 suspected/actual patients?

**Laidback Al** · January 16, 2008, 10:44 AM

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Alexandria - Hosni Hafez: Dr. Hisham Aldgs director general hospital salt Alexandria hospital to receive about suspected avian influenza virus during the past two weeks, including 16 children and 23 lady pointing to booking cases compartments of isolation and withdrawal of samples for analysis laboratory Central PCR Aldgs said that all suspected of injuries Asbeti Khurshid areas and improved, and park and Ameriya and Apis.

Only about 4 of these 39 suspected individuals have been reported in these threads on Egypt.

**Gert van der Hoek** · January 16, 2008, 02:00 PM

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OIE report (outbreaks in birds)

From dec 6 to dec 26 2007

Total outbreaks: 79

Total animals affected

Species Birds

Susceptible 1 078 369

Cases 63 700

Deaths 63 700

Destroyed 1 014 354

Wild species 90

Susceptible 1 case 1 death 89 destroyed

403 Access Forbidden

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6626

**Theresa42** · January 16, 2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by Florida1 View Post

Do we know if this nurse treated any of the H5N1 suspected/actual patients?

No -- there's no indication of that either way.

**HenryN** · January 17, 2008, 09:10 AM

Egypt Updated OIE Report

Outbreak (this report - submitted)
AL QAHIRAH Dar El Salam Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End

AL QAHIRAH Dar El Salam Village Ezbet Kherallah 29,9456 31,2815 02/12/2007