EGYPT - Suspected case in Al Fayyum dies

[Theresa42]

Suspected bf case in Al Fayyum governorate dies (haven't heard about her before) -- also, a second suspected case in Al Fayyum...

Google-translated from Arabic:

The suspect in the death of a woman contracted avian flu
Jan 15, 2007

Fayoum: Mr. [Ms.] Shora died in the late hours of yesterday evening, the first lady of the city of Atessa after suspected presence of avian influenza. Ms. Nora Saber Abdalmenji 23 years, the city has suffered Atsa strong rise in temperature. It was taken to the General Hospital in Fayyoum and show her from pneumonia and since she was pregnant in the eighth month of pregnancy termination was in a poor state of health. The request for the transfer of sick people treatment in a private hospital and wrote recognition of this and then carried them to Cairo for hospital health insurance system for treatment special earners increased their worse and their doctors one person suspected in the presence of avian influenza. Hospital management summoned health insurance ambulance intensive care to be transferred to a hospital in Cairo pathogenesis of Urban and ended Dr. Ramadan Sadiq Chief General Hospital intensive care procedures converted only sick and died before reaching the hospital Monday.

The bodies of the Ministry of Health took samples from the patient for analysis central labs in Cairo, as the Directorate of veterinary medicine to take preventive action, especially after it turned out that they Almkhalten of bird home.

He also received Fayoum Hospital yesterday morning Hanan Ramadan Mohammed 20 years from the village of Sheikh Fadl, was made the intensive care unit and isolated after being infected from pneumonia, and very high temperatures and very poor. And it turns from Almkhalten of birds and suspected in the presence of avian influenza. Been isolating sick Section intensive care and sampling and sent to the central Ministry of Health laboratories for analysis. As a team from the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine, to the house of sick and take preventive action to the relatives of the sick and Almkhalten birds.

http://www.alwafd.org/v2/News/NewsDe...6c620fef4deaf6

Al Fayyum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Fayyum_Governorate

[Theresa42]

Another report on Nora Saber Abdalmenji, the suspected case who has died in Al Fayyum -- and the second suspected case from the same governorate, Hanan Ramadan Mohammed, who has been hospitalized. From this report, it sounds like Hanan's husband *might* also be a sus case (not sure though).

Also, culling of birds in Al Qalyubia governorate....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Noura, "died of avian influenza in Fayyoum"
The slaughter of birds and villages slower Kfraljzar Bakuliobeh
Jan 15, 2007

Al-Nabi Shahat and Mohamed Gamal Qutb, very well: Nora Saber Abdalmenji 23-year - housewife from Atsa died avian influenza before being transferred to the hospital from the Fayoum Sadr Balomraneh -- were also detained Hanan Ramadan Mohammed 20-year - housewife from the village of Vidimin Bsenors General Hospital on suspicion of she was diagnosed with the disease and her husband Done Aweys, Mohamed Atwa-farms - a record which he said it mixing of birds.

In Qalyubia Governor Adli Hussein, the treatment of the villages and slower Kfraljzar cities in terms of the prohibition of the sale and circulation of poultry Homes and a ban from the nests and the execution of all domestic birds Si`ir. Dr. Fikri Aziz, director of veterinary medicine that have emerged between the four cases of the bird houses and "till the cows" [I think this might be a placename] and Menoufeya.

http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/algomhu...e/detail03.asp

[KBD]

Interesting given what the scrolling news panel on the Egyptian government web site says here: http://birdflu.sis.gov.eg/html/index.htm

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by KBD

Interesting given what the scrolling news panel on the Egyptian government web site says here: http://birdflu.sis.gov.eg/html/index.htm

That site is, unfortunately, not updated very frequently. The updates there are pretty sporadic, actually (bit better on the Arabic page, but not by much). One never knows if/when one will get any 'news' there.

[KBD]

Nigeria has gone the same way after a promising start. How quickly governments develop "bird flu fatigue". It makes me concerned about the level of transparency we'll see during the inevitable pandemic...

[HenryN]

I believe that the 20F has now been confirmed (or at least a 20F nearby has been confirmed). This case also appears to be adjacent to the Nile and south of Cairo.

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by niman

I believe that the 20F has now been confirmed (or at least a 20F nearby has been confirmed). This case also appears to be adjacent to the Nile and south of Cairo.

No word in the press yet?

There's been bf in Al Fayyum before -- recall that the Egyptian guy who was sick in Jordan with bf was from Al Fayyum.

[HenryN]

I believe the new case is from Beni Suef, so this case may be unrelated to the 20F reported earlier. The confirmed case is not doing well, but I have not seen details yet. I believe she is hospitalized in Giza.

[Dutchy]

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu-
17 Jan 2007 13:10:54 GMT


More CAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A 27-year-old Egyptian woman tested positive for the bird flu virus, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) quoted a Health Ministry official as saying on Wednesday.

The woman was identified as Warda Eidh Ahmed, the agency reported. She has been hospitalised since Jan. 13.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17808673.htm

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by Dutchy

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu-
17 Jan 2007 13:10:54 GMT

More CAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A 27-year-old Egyptian woman tested positive for the bird flu virus, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) quoted a Health Ministry official as saying on Wednesday.

The woman was identified as Warda Eidh Ahmed, the agency reported. She has been hospitalised since Jan. 13.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17808673.htm

I don't think this is the woman in Al Fayyum who died since there is no mention of a death in this report from MENA. The name doesn't really seem to match the other cases in Al Fayyum either -- in fact, none of the suspected cases we have on the list.

There was a person admitted to hospital on Jan 13th in Mahalla [Al Gharbiyah] who is 27, but I thought that patient was a male:

The detention of youths suspected of being influenza in Mahala
Jan 13, 2007

Tanta Atef Khamaisa: Detained by the Department of Health yesterday young enough Abdulatif al-Sharqawi 27 years, pathogenesis of Mahala hospital on suspicion of being avian influenza. The young resident of the village of Kafr Abbaideh status Mahala, had increased temperature, and introduced Viral Hospital, which in turn sent samples to labs to report health condition.

He was subjected to the treatment administered to the patient Altamflo, normal avian flu as a reserve, until ascertain his condition.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...4&postcount=53

[Theresa42]

Actually, the person I mentioned above from Mahalla was admitted on Jan 12th...

Detained by the Department of Health yesterday....

[HenryN]

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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01...gypt_2007.html