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**AlaskaDenise** · December 24, 2006, 10:19 AM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/bre...breaking31.htm

Last Updated: 24/12/2006 14:35
Eighth Egyptian dies of bird flu - WHO

An Egyptian woman died of bird flu today, only hours after tests confirmed she had been suffering from the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, a World Health Organization official said.

Hassan el-Bushra, regional adviser for communicable diseases surveillance at the WHO, said the 30-year-old woman had been in hospital since mid-December, but doctors had not immediately suspected bird flu as she denied having had contact with poultry.

Her death brings the number of total human deaths from H5N1 in Egypt to eight.

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**AlaskaDenise** · December 24, 2006, 10:25 AM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...005962,00.html

AN Egyptian woman has died of bird flu hours after tests confirmed she had been suffering from the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus.

World Health Organisation regional adviser for communicable diseases surveillance Hassan el-Bushra said the 30-year-old woman had been in hospital since December 17, but doctors had not immediately suspected bird flu as she denied having had contact with poultry.

The woman was part of an extended family of 33 living in a single house in a village near the town of Zifta in Gharbiya province, about 80 km north of Cairo, and was the third family member diagnosed with bird flu in 24 hours.
Earlier on Sunday, Bushra confirmed that two siblings from the same house, a brother, 26, and sister, 15, had the virus.

Bushra said the family raised ducks in their home, and the brother and sister had slaughtered the flock after a number of ducks had become sick and died.

When officials realised the woman was part of the same family, they tested her for bird flu and confirmed that she was infected with H5N1, and she was moved to a Cairo hospital, but died shortly thereafter.

The two siblings are in hospital in Cairo and have been treated. The rest of the family is under close medical surveillance, Bushra said.

Her death brings the number of total human deaths from H5N1 in Egypt to eight, and the number of human cases to 18 since the virus first surfaced in Egyptian poultry in February.

The initial bird flu outbreak caused panic in Egypt, where poultry is a major source of protein, and poor families frequently breed chicken and ducks domestically in cities and rural areas to supplement their diet and income.
The Egyptian cabinet announced in November that the country's poultry production had recovered to almost the same level as before the deadly virus surfaced in February.

An official with the Food and Agriculture Organisation had said in October that the onset of cooler weather could cause a flare-up of cases in poultry.
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**HenryN** · December 24, 2006, 11:00 AM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Commentary at

H5N1 Fatality in Gharbiya in Nile Delta

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12240604/H5N1_Egypt_Gharbiya_Fatal.html

Recombinomics Commentary

**AlaskaDenise** · December 24, 2006, 11:05 AM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Originally posted by niman

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...iya_Fatal.html

Commentary

H5N1 Fatality in Gharbiya in Nile Delta
Recombinomics Commentary
December 24, 2006

When officials realised the woman was part of the same family, they tested her for bird flu and confirmed that she was infected with H5N1, and she was moved to a Cairo hospital, but died shortly thereafter.

The two siblings are in hospital in Cairo and have been treated. The rest of the family is under close medical surveillance, Bushra said.

The above comments confirm the second fatality this season in the Gharbiya province in the Nile Delta. The first case died October 30 and lived about 15 miles north of the current cluster of three confirmed cases. Two of the four confirmed cases this season have been fatal, and the geographical and familial clustering are cause for concern.

Moreover, the failure to thest the hospitalized patients because of a lack of a bird link is additional cause for concern. The four confirmed cases, as well as additional suspect cases, are in the Nile Delta under the flight path of migratory birds birds infected with the H5N1 Qinghai strain. These birds excrete feces with H5N1, so lack of a direct contact with birds should not be a testing requirement.

The disease onset dates of the siblings of the index case also suggest human-to-human transmission may have also become more efficient. The H5N1 from the earlier case had M230I, which is found in the efficiently transmitted human H1N1, H3N2, and influenza B strains.

The clustered fatal infections in the migratory path across the Nile Delta remain causes for concern.

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**AlaskaDenise** · December 24, 2006, 11:37 AM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

http://www.healthnews-stat.com/?id=2...ptian-outbreak

Bird Flu Infects Three In One Egyptian Family - One New Death
Two of infected members had been killing ducks before they became infected.

Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirm that three members of one family have been infected with Bird Flu. Two of the members had been killing ducks prior to becoming infected.

The location of the infected family members is approximately 55 miles north of Cairo, Egypt. Individuals in the region who handle birds are being checked for the bird flu virus H5N1. Birds in the region are also being inspected for the virus.

Since the first case of th officials from the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of between 8 and 18 cases of the virulent virus have been reported in Egypt, depending on the source of the information.

The most recent cases have been taken to Cairo's Abbasiya fever hospital for treatment.

The death is of a woman who was hospitalized since mid-December but was only recently recognized to have the H5N1 virus.

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**Theresa42** · December 24, 2006, 01:10 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

From the Kuwaiti News Agency...

Machine-translated from Arabic:

A new death condition after its injury by the bird flu virus in Egypt

Cairo-12-24 (KUNA) -- The Egyptian Ministry of Health declared today a new death condition after its injury by the bird flu virus which brings the number of the dead to eight persons from the origin of 18 presents of injury by this disease the last since February.

And a ministry statement mentioned that Farid Abdul Hamid (31 years)'s victory from Gharbiya Governorate was dead affected by its injury by the disease explaining the dead was suffering a rise in the temperature and the shortness of breath a result she injured it during the operation of slaughter injured house birds and its cleaning and it was treated by a real estate (Tamflou) nevertheless it [she] was dead.

And the statement pointed out that the ministry has worked an examination to all of the contacts to the condition and the non appearance of disease symptoms withstood on any of them.

And Egypt Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has confirmed the necessity of a continuation the committee of the administration of the crisis of the bird flu by a style last season with the continuation of education and the non breeding birds in the houses specially and that most of the injuries were because of domestic birds.

And the Ministries of Agriculture, the health and the environment have readiness and readiness for the appearance of new conditions and the Ministry of Health and Population saved amounts a senior from the serum of Al Tamflou anti-disease reached two millions doses with the start of two Egyptian companies of the production of this serum [medicine] locally.

KUNA | Kuwait News Agency

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=ar&DSNO=937268

**HenryN** · December 24, 2006, 06:07 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

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ثامن حالة وفاة بأنفلونزا الطيور
The eighth event of the death of avian influenza

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كتبت ـ سناء مصطفي وعاطف دعبس:

Sanaa wrote Mustafa and Atif Khamaisa :

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أعلنت وزارة الصحة أمس وفاة انتصار فريد عبدالحليم ?35 سنة? (ربة منزل) بمرض أنفلونزا الطيور داخل مستشفي صدر العباسية. ارتفع عدد حالات الوفاة منذ ظهور المرض حتي أمس الي 8 حالات. كانت انتصار قد أصيبت بالفيروس وشقيقها رضا وابنة عمها شفيقة من قرية كفر حانون بزفتي نتيجة مخالطة الطيور النافقة. تم نقل الحالات الثلاث الي مستشفي حميات زفتي ومنها الي مستشفي الصدر بالعباسية. أعلن الدكتور محمود عبدالمجيد مدير مستشفي العباسية وضع جهاز تنفس صناعي علي رضا وشفيقة وعلاجهما بعقار التاميفلو.

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday the death of the triumph of Fred saying ?? 35 years (housewives) contracted avian flu within the hospital issued Abbasiya. The number of deaths since the emergence of the disease until yesterday to 8. The victory has suffered infection and her brother, uncle and son Reza Shafiqah the village of Kafr Hanoun Pzfti result promiscuity dead birds. Three cases were transferred to a hospital pathogenesis Main, and then to a hospital Sadr Abbassiya. Mahmoud Abdel-Abbasiya hospital director put breathing apparatus industrial Ali Reza and Chafika and treatment Altamiflo real estate.

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وانتقل المسئولون بمديرية الصحة وادارة الطب الوقائي والبيطري بالغربية الي بؤرة الاصابة بكفر حانون وتم اعدام الطيور في نطاق نصف كيلو وتلاحظ ان الاهالي يقومون بإخفاء البط والدواجن تحت الاسرة والبطاطين وتمكنت الحملة الوقائية من ضبط أكثر من 350 بطة و400 دجاجة وأوزة. وأعلنت المحافظة حالة الطوارئ القصوي بعد اصابة الحالات الثلاث بالوباء في محاولة لاعادة الهدوء لنفوس الاهالي الذين سيطر عليهم الخوف والفزع من الاصابة بالمرض الخطير. وأكد الدكتور السيد الحسيني وكيل وزارة الصحة ان المديرية مستعدة لتلقي الحالات المصابة وعلاجها فوراً.

Turning officials Department of Health and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Veterinary enough to the center of stab Hanoun was executed birds in a semi-kilogram and notes that people are hiding the ducks and chickens under their beds, blankets and managed the campaign of preventive control of more than 350 duck and 400 chickens and duck. The state of emergency declared maintain maximum of three cases after the injury epidemic in a bid to restore calm to the hearts of the people who took them fear and dread of serious infection. Dr. Al-Husseini, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Directorate ready to receive and treat infected cases immediately

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**Theresa42** · December 24, 2006, 06:10 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

(This is the same as Dr. Niman's post above, but just with some comments & highlights from me.)

Unfortunately, I can't get access to the Arabic-English translator (a site from Egypt) that I normally use (sakhr.com) -- and the Google translator is still very much a beta translator -- so it's a bit difficult to understand what's being said in the article below -- and, so, I don't recommend taking any of this as gospel just yet. However, it almost sounds as though there may be 5 or 6 people involved in this cluster.

Official reports have confirmed that this woman, who has now died, plus (I think) two of her cousins, a brother and sister, have all been infected with H5N1. In addition, the news report below seems to mention "her brother, uncle and son" -- but, again, I would not trust this just yet because the Google translator is a bit dodgy. Hopefully, sakhr.com will be accessible sometime soon -- or we'll get clarification from another source.

Google-translated from Arabic:

The eighth event of the death of avian influenza
Dec 25, 2006

Sanaa wrote Mustafa and Atif Khamaisa:

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday the death of the triumph of Fred saying ?? 35 years (housewives) contracted avian flu within the hospital issued Abbasiya. The number of deaths since the emergence of the disease until yesterday to 8. The victory [the latest victim] has suffered infection and her brother, uncle and son Reza Shafiqah the village of Kafr Hanoun Pzfti result promiscuity dead birds. Three cases were transferred to a hospital pathogenesis Main, and then to a hospital Sadr Abbassiya. Mahmoud Abdel-Abbasiya hospital director put breathing apparatus industrial Ali Reza and Chafika and treatment Altamiflo real estate.

Turning officials Department of Health and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Veterinary enough to the center of stab Hanoun was executed birds in a semi-kilogram and notes that people are hiding the ducks and chickens under their beds, blankets and managed the campaign of preventive control of more than 350 duck and 400 chickens and duck. The state of emergency declared maintain maximum of three cases after the injury epidemic in a bid to restore calm to the hearts of the people who took them fear and dread of serious infection. Dr. Al-Husseini, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Directorate ready to receive and treat infected cases immediately.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=5432&type=first&PHPSESSID=75dfcdeecd40a7503437e4909d20627b

**HenryN** · December 24, 2006, 06:26 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Here is another translation of same article

Wrote Sanaa Mustafa and compassionate [de'bs]:
Ministry of the health announced yesterday unique death triumph of AbdulHalim? 35 year ?(house wife) in illness ['anflwnzaa] the birds inside hospital is chest [aale'baasyt]. Number cases of the death since appearance rose the illness until yesterday to 8 cases. Triumph was the virus and her hit in brother accepted and her daughter of uncle [shfyqt] from village of hamlet [Haanwn] in my asphalt result company of the birds [aalnaafqt]. Transfer of the cases was complete the three to hospital feverish asphalts and from her to hospital of Al-Sadr [baale'baasyt]. The doctor announced commendable Abdul-Majeed is manager of hospital [aale'baasyt] status of device industrial breathing on satisfaction [wshfyqt] and their cure in drug [aaltaamyflw].

The injury in hamlet moved the heads in directorate the health and preventive administration the medicine and veterinary in the Westerner to center [Haanwn] and execution of the birds in range of half is complete kilo and notices that the families straightens in concealment of the ducks and the domestic animals under the family [waalbTaaTyn] and the preventive campaign managed from ambidextrous more than 350 duck [w]400 chicken [w'awzt]. The preservation announced state of emergency far after injury the cases the the three in the epidemic in attempt for return quietness for breaths the families who dominated on them the grave fear and the fear from the injury in the illness. The sovereign doctor Al-Husseini confirmed agent ministry of the health that the directorate is ready to the stricken cases and her received cure immediately.

**Theresa42** · December 24, 2006, 06:34 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Originally posted by Niman

Triumph [the woman who died] was the virus and her hit in brother accepted and her daughter of uncle...

Thanks! That clarifies it I think. It's the woman who died, her brother and her (female) cousin -- no uncle or son involved.

That fits with what I had yesterday (I don't know if these ages are right, though):

Hospitalized Dec 17:
Farid Abdul Halim's victory (30F?) - died - H5N1 pos
brother - Reda Farid (25M) - H5N1 pos

Hospitalized Dec 20:
cousin of the 2 above - Shafika Farid (15M) - H5N1 pos

**HenryN** · December 24, 2006, 06:44 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Originally posted by Theresa42

Thanks! That clarifies it I think. It's the woman who died, her brother and her (female) cousin -- no uncle or son involved.

That fits with what I had yesterday (I don't know if these ages are right, though):

Hospitalized Dec 17:
Farid Abdul Halim's victory (30F?) - died - H5N1 pos
brother - Reda Farid (25M) - H5N1 pos

Hospitalized Dec 20:
cousin of the 2 above - Shafika Farid (15M) - H5N1 pos

Yes, I am not convinced that there are more than 3 family members who have tested positive. The index (30-35F) case has died and her brother (25-26M) and cousin (15F) are hospitalized and receiving Tamiflu.

I think the index case was hospitalized on Dec 17. I think that her brother and cousin were hospitalized on Dec 20 (or later) and their link to ducks led to more questioning of the index case, which was followed by an H5N1 positive test and death.

**HenryN** · December 24, 2006, 07:02 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

An Egyptian woman died of bird flu Sunday, bringing to eight the number of people in Egypt who have succumbed to the disease since it was first detected here in February.
Intisar Fareed, 30, died Sunday after she and two members of members of an extended family living in a single dwelling in Gharbiya province, to the north of Cairo, tested positive for the deadly strain of avian flu.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...icle%2FPrinter

**Theresa42** · December 25, 2006, 01:41 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Originally posted by Theresa42

Unfortunately, I can't get access to the Arabic-English translator (a site from Egypt) that I normally use (sakhr.com) -- and the Google translator is still very much a beta translator -- so it's a bit difficult to understand what's being said in the article below -- and, so, I don't recommend taking any of this as gospel just yet. However, it almost sounds as though there may be 5 or 6 people involved in this cluster.

Official reports have confirmed that this woman, who has now died, plus (I think) two of her cousins, a brother and sister, have all been infected with H5N1. In addition, the news report below seems to mention "her brother, uncle and son" -- but, again, I would not trust this just yet because the Google translator is a bit dodgy. Hopefully, sakhr.com will be accessible sometime soon -- or we'll get clarification from another source.

Google-translated from Arabic:

The eighth event of the death of avian influenza
Dec 25, 2006

Sanaa wrote Mustafa and Atif Khamaisa:

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday the death of the triumph of Fred saying ?? 35 years (housewives) contracted avian flu within the hospital issued Abbasiya. The number of deaths since the emergence of the disease until yesterday to 8. The victory [the latest victim] has suffered infection and her brother, uncle and son Reza Shafiqah the village of Kafr Hanoun Pzfti result promiscuity dead birds. Three cases were transferred to a hospital pathogenesis Main, and then to a hospital Sadr Abbassiya. Mahmoud Abdel-Abbasiya hospital director put breathing apparatus industrial Ali Reza and Chafika and treatment Altamiflo real estate.

Turning officials Department of Health and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Veterinary enough to the center of stab Hanoun was executed birds in a semi-kilogram and notes that people are hiding the ducks and chickens under their beds, blankets and managed the campaign of preventive control of more than 350 duck and 400 chickens and duck. The state of emergency declared maintain maximum of three cases after the injury epidemic in a bid to restore calm to the hearts of the people who took them fear and dread of serious infection. Dr. Al-Husseini, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Directorate ready to receive and treat infected cases immediately.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDe...37e4909d20627b

Just for the record, here's a better translation of this article from yesterday about the first woman from this family cluster that died. Now, of course, there has been a second death of the 15 year-old, female cousin (the 9th death totally from Egypt)....

Machine-translated from Arabic:

The eighth death condition by the bird flu
Dec 25, 2006

She wrote - Sanaa Mostafa and Atef Deibis:

The Ministry of Health declared yesterday the death of Farid Abdul Halim's victory "35 years" (housewife) by the bird flu disease inside chest hospital the Abbasid. The number of death cases rose since the emergence of the disease until yesterday to 8 case. "A victory" [Farid Abdul Halim's victory] has been injured by the virus, its [her] brother Reda and her cousin Shafika from a tender hamlet village with my wedding procession due to mixing the dead birds. The three cases transfer took place to "my wedding procession" [Tanta?] Fevers Hospital and from them to Al Sadr's Hospital by the Abbasid. Doctor Mahmoud Abdul Magid a hospital manager declared the Abbasid Ali Reda's respirator situation and kind and their treatment by Al Tamiflou drug.

And the officials moved in the Health Department and the consideration of the preventive medicine and the veterinary one by "the western" [Al Gharbiya] to the injury focus with ingratitude tenders and the execution of birds took place in a scope half cauterization and she notices that the peoples carry out hiding ducks and poultry under the family and the blankets and the preventive campaign could seize more than 350 ducks, 400 chicken and geese and the governorate declared the maximum state of emergency after the three conditions injury by the epidemic in the attempt of the re-quietness of the families souls that the fear and the panic from the injury controlled is by the dangerous disease. And doctor Al Sayed Al Husseini the Ministry of Health deputy confirmed that the department is ready for receiving the injured conditions and her treatment immediately.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDetail.php?id=5432&type=first&PHPSESSID=75dfcdeecd40a7503437e4909d20627b

**Gert van der Hoek** · December 25, 2006, 02:12 PM

Re: Eighth Egyptian dies of Bird Flu (Gharbiya)

Not sure who they are ?

the number of new human infections with the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus. Hanan Abul Magd, a 39-year-old housewife from Samanoud, Gharbia, was rushed to the hospital after slaughtering a chicken she had raised at her home; at press time, she was still being treated.

Abul Magd is first Egyptian to be infected since May and the fifteenth to contract the virus.

At press time, an 11-year-old student in Mahalla with symptoms similar to bird flu was being tested for symptoms similar to bird flu, Six people have died since the virus was first discovered in Egypt at the beginning of the year.

Just a moment...

http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7031