EGYPT - April 3, 2007+ - News on confirmed/suspected cases

[Theresa42]

Previous Egypt thread:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20410

[Theresa42]

2862 sus cases in Egypt to date (since March 2006)....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Mountain: Cure rate of children infected with avian influenza reached 100% [so far]
April 3, 2007

Cairo-MENA - Dr Hatim al-Jabali, Welfare and that the proportion of the population had recovered incidence of avian influenza among children reached 100% and the recovery rate of the total cases hit 65%, one of the highest rates of cure in the world, as the global ratio to only 32%.

That, of the 32 cases discovered since the emergence of the disease in February of last year and so far 11 children have been recovered seven children and left all of the hospital and four children still Bmschetvi Manshiet Bakry 15,000 are receiving treatment for a cure and stable condition and expected departure during the current week after reassuring them died and 13 cases of the cases Amaalthmani remaining cases have recovered fully.

He stressed that the high mountainous cure rates, especially among children due to the high and increasing proportion of awareness among mothers of the seriousness of the disease and prompt reporting of cases and not hide the facts that causes injury due to children's exposure to domestic birds and the discovery of infected cases early and give appropriate treatment of drug Altamiflo and in a timely manner.

He explained that the reasons for the high rate of infection among these children due to the negligence of mothers and leaving children playing in the dust, mixed with infected birds, pointing out that there are now 13 thousand rural pilot trained to do educating people in the villages and hamlets from house to house in how to deal with birds and the proper ways of Education the right to prevent them from exposure to the disease.

The mountainous that the total cases of suspected infection contracted avian flu has now reached 2862 cases since the disease circumcision has been testing and analysis necessary, stressing that the ministry is keen to commit complete transparency in declaration about everything related to avian influenza.

He pointed out that the Governorate of Kafr Al-Sheikh was at the forefront as the number of suspected cases of 359 cases, followed by Western [Al Gharbiyah] 341 state and then launched [Al Minufiyah] 229, 291 and then Cairo and Giza 279 cases while the number of cases in the governorate of Aswan 47 cases suspected infection.

He confirmed that there are three main reasons behind the continued spread of the bird flu disease in Egypt in the forefront of continuing education bird houses despite awareness campaigns and warnings by the Ministry through awareness campaigns at all levels for all citizens, pointing out that this is the gravest danger in the face of the problem.

He added that the second danger is not to inform citizens of doctors Bamkhaltthm of birds at the beginning of the disease and trying to concealment, which was negatively affects the speed of treatment.

He said at the conclusion of his statement that the reason Khatralthalth and last is the continuation of the transport, handling live birds between the provinces and non-adherence to the controls set by the Higher Committee to combat avian flu, which prompted the government to prepare a bill to criminalize and strengthen penalties for the transfer and circulation of birds in preparation for presentation to the People's Assembly for approval.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egy...3/birdflu.aspx

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21014

[Theresa42]

So, since the last report from Feb 11th of total number of sus cases in Egypt...

Apr 03, 2007 - 2,862
Feb 11, 2007 - 2,292

Feb 11 - Apr 03 (ca. 7 weeks) = 570 sus cases

[Shannon]

This then explains the meeting in Cairo by WHO last month. I applaud the Egyptian government for recognizing the need to publish the actual number of suspected cases. Given the potential financial repercussions for sharing this with the world it was a bold yet wise decision. Part of the rationale might be due to the generally milder form the disease is exhibiting. While this does give us a glimmer of hope it should also remind us that H5N1 is here and here to stay.

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by post #2

...the total cases of suspected infection contracted avian flu has now reached 2862 cases since the disease circumcision has been testing and analysis necessary, stressing that the ministry is keen to commit complete transparency in declaration about everything related to avian influenza.

He pointed out that the Governorate of Kafr Al-Sheikh was at the forefront as the number of suspected cases of 359 cases, followed by Western [Al Gharbiyah] 341 state and then launched [Al Minufiyah] 229, 291 and then Cairo and Giza 279 cases while the number of cases in the governorate of Aswan 47 cases suspected infection.

Comparing the numbers for each of these governorates mentioned in this latest report to the numbers from the previous report on Feb 13, we can calculate how many suspected cases there have been in each of them during the last 7 weeks:

Kafr El Sheikh: 19 new sus cases in the last 7 weeks
Al Gharbiyah: 74 new sus cases in the last 7 weeks
Cairo: 29 new sus cases in the last 7 weeks
Giza: 72 new sus cases in the last 7 weeks
Aswan: 33 new sus cases in the last 7 weeks

[One (or both) of the numbers is wrong for Al Minufiyah governorate -- they can't have had less sus cases in this report (229) than the last one (272). Maybe the new figure was supposed to be 329? Dunno.]

Note that these are not all of the new sus cases for the last 7 weeks -- there were 570 totally according to this latest, official report. The ones listed above only amount to roughly half of that.

Edit: Here are the original figures ... Feb --> Apr

Kafr El Sheikh: 340 --> 359 [+19]
Al Gharbiyah: 267 --> 341 [+74]
Cairo: 262 --> 291 [+29]
Giza: 207 --> 279 [+71]
Aswan: 14 --> 47 [+33]

[Dutchy]

From Min of Health:

Egyptian committee: H5N1 human-to-human transmission inaccurate


An Egyptian anti-H5N1 committee said that the two human bird flu cases detected at a house were caused by contacts with infected birds.

It denied that the reported cases were caused by human-to-human transmission.

It is possible that H5N1 can transmit among people, the committee said, but this transmission has not been reported anywhere around the world, it added.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is ready to deal with such possibilities through pre-set plans and programmes, the committee said.

It said that 32 Egyptians have tested positive for the avian flu since the virus was first detected in Egypt in February 2006.

http://birdflu.sis.gov.eg/html/flu01021191.htm

[Theresa42]

Hat-tip, Calmom!

Egyptian child, 2, tests positive for bird flu
Thu Apr 5, 2007

CAIRO (Reuters) - A two-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 33rd human case in the Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Thursday.

A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Fatmah Farouk Abdel-Gawwad from central Egypt, MENA reported.

http://www.reuters.com/article/world...5?feedType=RSS

[Theresa42]

She's from Al Minyah governorate. Hat-tip, pugmom!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Announcement of the 33 injury cases of avian flu in Egypt
4/5/2007

Cairo - The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening from injury and thirty three human bird flu cases in Egypt, namely the status of the girl child Alvoalh Bani Mazar in Minya governorate.

Dr. Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population that the third session of the child Fatima Farouk Ahmed Abdel Gawad, a two-year-old entered the hospital pathogenesis of Beni Mazar Wednesday suffering from a high temperature following Mkhalttha of birds suspected of being infected with bird flu disease, condition stable.

He added that they had been given the necessary treatment of the ailing property Altamiflo and is currently working epidemiological investigation of all family members - according to the Middle East News Agency.

Shaheen explained that the total casualties contracted avian flu since the emergence of the disease in February last year and so far reached 33 cases, 13 of which died, while 18 cases were recovered from the departure of three cases Thursday of Manshiet Bakry Hospital after fully recover, while there are still cases to receive treatment, and two of two children, one Manshiet Bakry Hospital and was recovering, and the other hospital pathogenesis of Beni Mazar.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population said that among the total number of cases there were 15 cases of children, were recovered from 13 of these cases.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egy...5/birdflu.aspx

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21279

[Theresa42]

Sounds like there's been a bunch of recoveries among the kids. According to this report, there are only two left in hospital at the moment -- one of whom is this newly confirmed 2 yr old (I think?):

Originally Posted by Theresa42

...were recovered from the departure of three cases Thursday of Manshiet Bakry Hospital after fully recover, while there are still cases to receive treatment, and two of two children, one Manshiet Bakry Hospital and was recovering, and the other hospital pathogenesis of Beni Mazar....

[HenryN]

Egyptian child with 2 positive tests for bird flu

6 April 2007 | 02:01 | FOCUS News Agency

CAIRO. A two-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, bringing to 33 the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Thursday. A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Fatmah Farouk Abdel-Gawwad from central Egypt, MENA reported. She was admitted to hospital on Wednesday, suffering from high fever and was being treated by Tamiflu, the agency said. The girl contracted the virus after coming into contact with infected birds but was in a stable condition, MENA quoted the ministry's spokesman as saying. Egypt has the highest number of confirmed human bird flu cases outside Asia. Thirteen Egyptians have died from bird flu since it first surfaced in the country's poultry a year ago. Most of those who fell ill were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n109521

[HenryN]

Originally Posted by Theresa42

She's from Al Minyah governorate. Hat-tip, pugmom!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Announcement of the 33 injury cases of avian flu in Egypt
4/5/2007

Cairo - The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening from injury and thirty three human bird flu cases in Egypt, namely the status of the girl child Alvoalh Bani Mazar in Minya governorate.


http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egy...5/birdflu.aspx

The H5N1 from the earlier case in Minya was virtually identical to the three cases in Aswan and all had the Mongolian cleavage site.

[HenryN]

from intelink

Egypt: H5N1 Suspected



4/6/07 Media Reports--A national source reports that a pediatrician and "specialist" in childhood diseases at the Manshia al-Bakry Hospital [city unknown] announced that a 5 year-old girl and a 16 year-old male were detained [with suspected AI]. [No details were provided about symptoms, treatments, contact with poultry, or towns of origin].

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by niman

from intelink

Egypt: H5N1 Suspected

4/6/07 Media Reports--A national source reports that a pediatrician and "specialist" in childhood diseases at the Manshia al-Bakry Hospital [city unknown] announced that a 5 year-old girl and a 16 year-old male were detained [with suspected AI]. [No details were provided about symptoms, treatments, contact with poultry, or towns of origin].

Manshia al-Bakry is the children's hosptial in Cairo. Most of the recent child cases have been transferred to Manshia al-Bakry including all of the infected Aswan kids.

[HenryN]

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...1_Minya_2.html

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by Theresa42

She's from Al Minyah governorate. Hat-tip, pugmom!

Google-translated from Arabic:

Announcement of the 33 injury cases of avian flu in Egypt
4/5/2007

Cairo - The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening from injury and thirty three human bird flu cases in Egypt, namely the status of the girl child Alvoalh Bani Mazar in Minya governorate.

Dr. Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population that the third session of the child Fatima Farouk Ahmed Abdel Gawad, a two-year-old entered the hospital pathogenesis of Beni Mazar Wednesday suffering from a high temperature following Mkhalttha of birds suspected of being infected with bird flu disease, condition stable.

He added that they had been given the necessary treatment of the ailing property Altamiflo and is currently working epidemiological investigation of all family members - according to the Middle East News Agency.

Shaheen explained that the total casualties contracted avian flu since the emergence of the disease in February last year and so far reached 33 cases, 13 of which died, while 18 cases were recovered from the departure of three cases Thursday of Manshiet Bakry Hospital after fully recover, while there are still cases to receive treatment, and two of two children, one Manshiet Bakry Hospital and was recovering, and the other hospital pathogenesis of Beni Mazar.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population said that among the total number of cases there were 15 cases of children, were recovered from 13 of these cases.

http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egy...5/birdflu.aspx

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21279

The most recently confirmed case in Egypt is from Bani Mazar, Al Minyah governorate -- ca. 40 miles up the Nile from Bani Suwayf (Beni Suef)...

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by niman

from intelink

Egypt: H5N1 Suspected

4/6/07 Media Reports--A national source reports that a pediatrician and "specialist" in childhood diseases at the Manshia al-Bakry Hospital [city unknown] announced that a 5 year-old girl and a 16 year-old male were detained [with suspected AI]. [No details were provided about symptoms, treatments, contact with poultry, or towns of origin].

Hat-tips to AnnieB -- for pointing out the probable identities of these two sus cases (they are probably the 2 sus cases from Al Minyah as reported in this article) -- and to pugmom for the translation!

Edit: Note that they are both from in/around Bani Mazar -- the same place that the most recently confirmed case is from.

Google-translated from Arabic:

The stabilization of the situation No. 32 avian influenza
April 2, 2007

Books and fulfillment Bakri Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil, Said Mahmoud, Nafie explained

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday evening, the first of 32 cases of human infection of avian influenza, a girl Mariam Isa Fattah 4 years.

She said Dr Zainab Aziz pediatric specialists and treatment of the girl child of Mary Hospital in Manshiet Bakry told Egyptian today: the case of Mary reassuring, is expected to come out over the next couple of days.

She added: Zainab was also decided to exit the children infected with the virus, Mahmoud Mohammed Shalabi 7 years Sohag, Ibrahim Mahmoud Helmi 4 years from Qena, today Monday stability after their cases fully.

In Menoufiya, were detained child Habib Mohamed Hamdi two years, while two were seized in the province of Minya status of Beni Mazar, namely Karim Hashim 5 years Irene Abdalmseh staffing 16.

http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/articl...leID=53380&r=t

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21487

[sharon sanders]

Egyptian girl, 15, tests positive for bird flu
08 Apr 2007 12:34:28 GMT
Source: Reuters

CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 34th human case in the Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Sunday.






A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Marianna Kameel Mikhail from the Shubra district of Cairo, MENA reported

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08730340.htm

[sharon sanders]

[HenryN]

Originally Posted by Florida1

Egyptian girl, 15, tests positive for bird flu
08 Apr 2007 12:34:28 GMT
Source: Reuters

CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 34th human case in the Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Sunday.






A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Marianna Kameel Mikhail from the Shubra district of Cairo, MENA reported

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08730340.htm

This case does NOT appear to be mild.

[HenryN]

Egyptian girl, 15, tests positive for bird flu
08 Apr 2007 12:54:40 GMT
Source: Reuters





(Adds first human case in Cairo, background, details)
CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Sunday, becoming the 34th human case in the country and the first in the capital.
A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Marianna Kameel Mikhail from Cairo's Shubra district, MENA reported.
The girl was admitted to hospital on Thursday suffering from a high fever and is now being treated with Tamiflu and is in a stable condition, the agency said.
She contracted the virus after coming into contact with infected birds, MENA quoted the ministry spokesman as saying.
Egypt has the highest number of confirmed human bird flu cases outside Asia, and 13 Egyptians have died of bird flu since it first surfaced in the country's poultry a year ago.
Most of those who fell ill were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, mainly in northern Egypt.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08730796.htm

[HenryN]

The announcement of infection No. 34 avian influenza in Egypt, August 4, 2007 3:26:00 PM

Cairo-MENA-human infection confirmed Sunday 34th contracted avian flu in the district of Shubra, Cairo Governorate.
He said Abdel-Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population said in a statement Sunday that the situation is "Mariana Camille Michael" The 15 years entered a Abbasiya Hospital last Thursday suffering from the rise in temperature due to exposure to domestic birds suspected of being infected with avian influenza disease and now disbanded stable.
He added that Shaheen has been given the necessary treatment of the affected property, "Altamflo" and the work being epidemiological investigation of all the family members of the afflicted.
It is noteworthy that the total number of cases afflicted with avian flu hit 34 injured, including 13 who died and three cases are currently hospitalized for treatment, including two state park Bakry Hospital and one case was Abbasiya Hospital and the rest of the cases recovered completely.

http://www.google.com/translate?u=ht...&hl=en&ie=UTF8

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21534

[Theresa42]

3 new sus cases in Ad Daqahliyah/Dakalia governorate. Hat-tip to pugmom for finding this article!

A detention 3 conditions to the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu in Dakahlia
April 8, 2007

Doctor Abdul Karim Ali Al Sayed the Ministry of Health deputy declared in Dakahlia a detention 3 conditions to the suspicion of their injury by the bird flu of the hospital of the triumphant [Mansoura] chest yesterday,

And they: Mohamed is Ragab Mohamed from the Tnbouha of Nabarouh center, and Mesbah Abu Mosallam Tawfik, and Ali Al Sayed Abdul Ati from Mahmoud's dead village in the triumphant district, and taking samples took place from the suspect of their injury of its sending to the central laboratories, to make sure of the validity of their injury by the disease.

On the other side the firing squads [culling teams] carried out from the veterinary medicine, the health and the police in Dakahlia execution five thousand chickens in one of the farms related to the merchant Ali Sayed in Nusa region the sea belonging to Aga center after a death towards 1500 a chicken from it.

And the bodies concerned in [Al] Minya besieged the injury foci after the declaration of two human injuries in the past week in the cities of Minya and Beni Mazar, and they destroyed towards 2136 birds, and they closed 76 shops of the alive birds, and they seized 16 peddlers [street vendors], and they removed towards 49 [nests] I lived for the aviculture.

http://12.47.45.221/article.aspx?ArticleID=54072&r=t

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...68&postcount=1

[Theresa42]

We've heard about these sus cases already, but it's interesting to see them reported in a Saudi newspaper (Al Moheet)...first time I've seen/noticed suspected cases from Egypt being reported in any of the other Arabic papers, let alone a Saudi one....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Egypt declared its first bird influenza infection in Cairo
April 9, 2007

Cairo: The Egyptian Ministry of Health yesterday, Sunday, injuring a young woman of 15-year-old Cairo Governorate contracted avian flu, raising the total number of cases infected by the disease to 34 wounded since he appeared in February last year.

It quoted by the Kuwaiti News Agency, "KUNA" about Abdel-Rahman Shaheen, the spokesman of the Ministry of Health as saying: "The situation of girls (stable), and after hospitalization last Thursday and was suffering from a high temperature due to exposure to infected birds in household suspected avian influenza."

He pointed out that Shaheen has been given the necessary treatment of the affected property, "Altamflo" while making the process of finding an epidemic of all family members of the afflicted.

It is noteworthy that 13 cases of human died of avian influenza among the total infected cases with three cases currently receiving hospital treatment while the rest of the cases fully recovered.

The hospital pathogenesis of Qena and Nag Hammadi had been detained early this month, three cases of suspected avian influenza illness.

The newspaper "Al-Ahram" reported Dr. Mohamed Dia Egyptian Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Qena few: "He was detained Imad Fuad Luke's 46 years of a farm worker, Umm Saad Attallah Solomon homemaker, was also detained another suspected case Bhamyat Nag Hammadi the girl princess behind Abdhavez 11 years."

In Mansoura has been reserved Semitic Mustafa al-Sadr Hospital 40 years on suspicion of being infected with the disease.

On the other hand, did not reach the results of the analysis of Ptomih aware Huda 41 years and which is still reserved the hospital.

In Sohag, has been reserved child, Ahmed Nasser Hamdoun four years from the village Kelva status Sohag on suspicion of being the same disease pathogenesis Sohag hospital, while 12 came analyzes a sample of suspected carriers of negative including eight samples were taken from Almkhalten bird.

http://www.moheet.com/asp/show_m.asp...=65&do=1930730

[Theresa42]

New Egypt thread. Please, post there:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21650