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Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies
Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies
EGYPTIAN 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL INFECTED WITH BIRD FLU, IN CRITICAL CO
Source: Reuters (2 hours ago)
CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation ...
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Egyptian girl infected with bird flu - WHO Fri 8 Jun 2007, 17:47 GMT CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday. "There is a new human case just reported by the Ministry of Health. She is a 10-year-old female. She has a history of contact with backyard birds," saidJohn Jabbour, an official with the World HealthOrganisation in Cairo." http://africa.reuters.com/country/EG/news/usnL08674520.html
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Egyptian girl infected with bird flu - WHO Fri 8 Jun 2007, 17:47 GMT CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday. "There is a new human case just reported by the Ministry of Health. She is a 10-year-old female. She has a history of contact with backyard birds," saidJohn Jabbour, an official with the World HealthOrganisation in Cairo." http://africa.reuters.com/country/EG/news/usnL08674520.html
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This season there were no fatalities in southern Egypt. The cases were mild (and therefore could easily spread undetected).
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CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday.
"There is a new human case just reported by the Ministry of Health. She is a 10-year-old female. She has a history of contact with backyard birds," said John Jabbour, an official with the World Health Organisation in Cairo.
The fresh infection brought the number of human cases of avian influenza in Egypt to 35, of which 14 have died. Egypt's state news agency MENA reported that the girl, from the southern town of Qena, was in hospital on a respirator.
The disease first hit Egypt in 2006 and did extensive damage to the poultry industry and the economy as a whole. Egypt has the highest number of confirmed human bird flu cases outside Asia.
Most of those who fell ill were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt. But the government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.
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CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday.
"There is a new human case just reported by the Ministry of Health. She is a 10-year-old female. She has a history of contact with backyard birds," said John Jabbour, an official with the World Health Organisation in Cairo.
The fresh infection brought the number of human cases of avian influenza in Egypt to 35, of which 14 have died. Egypt's state news agency MENA reported that the girl, from the southern town of Qena, was in hospital on a respirator.
The disease first hit Egypt in 2006 and did extensive damage to the poultry industry and the economy as a whole. Egypt has the highest number of confirmed human bird flu cases outside Asia.
Most of those who fell ill were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt. But the government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.
CAIRO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin confirmed Friday evening that a new human bird flu case was detected in Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported.
A 10-years-old girl from the town of Naqada in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, about 450 km south of Cairo, was admitted to hospital after developing bird flu-like symptoms, Shahin said, without disclosing her name.
The victim, who is believed to have contacted infected birds, brought to 35 the number of human bird flu cases in Egypt, according to the spokesman. Among the previous 34 human cases, 14 of them died and 20 recovered, said the official. Egypt reported its first case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in dead poultry in February 2006 and the first human case in March of the same year.
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Egyptian girl infected with bird flu - WHO
08 Jun 2007 20:52:14 GMT
(Adds case unusual in summer weather, came after 2-month lull)
By Cynthia Johnston
CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday.
The fresh infection came after a nearly two-month warm weather lull in human cases in the most populous Arab country, and brought the number of confirmed avian influenza cases in people in Egypt to 35, of which 14 have died.
"There is a new human case just reported by the Ministry of Health. She is a 10-year-old female. She has a history of contact with backyard birds," John Jabbour, an official with the World Health Organisation in Cairo, told Reuters.
Egypt's state news agency MENA reported that the girl, from the southern town of Qena, was on a respirator in a Luxor hospital. Jabbour said the girl, who fell ill on June 1 but whose diagnosis and life-saving treatment was delayed, was not stable enough to be transferred to Cairo.
Bird flu first hit Egypt in 2006 and did extensive damage to the poultry industry and the economy as a whole. Egypt has the highest number of confirmed human bird flu cases outside Asia.
Most of those who have fallen ill in Egypt were reported to have had contact with sick or dead household birds, primarily in northern Egypt where the weather is typically cooler than in the south.
But in a sign of a change in how the disease may be occurring in Egypt, all but two of the past 11 human cases have occurred in central or southern parts of the country.
Bird flu experts in Egypt have said they would typically expect fewer human cases of the disease during Egypt's sweltering summer months, and in 2006 there was a roughly 5-month summertime lull in human cases between May and October.
"This is an unusual case during this weather and these temperatures," Jabbour said of the girl's case.
Experts fear that the bird flu virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a deadly pandemic which could circle the globe and kill millions.
Around five million households in Egypt depend on poultry as a main source of food and income and the government has said this makes it unlikely the disease can be eradicated. The government still finds it hard to enforce restrictions on the movement and sale of live poultry.
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Egyptian girl dies of bird flu 18 minutes ago
CAIRO (AFP) - A 10-year-old Egyptian girl has died of bird flu, the health ministry announced on Saturday, bringing to 15 the number of Egyptians who have succumbed to the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
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The girl, from the southern province of Qena, was found to be "very critical" and hospitalised "too late," health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin told AFP.
Other officials had earlier said the girl had been in contact with poultry.
The highly pathogenic virus has killed 15 people out of the 35 cases reported to date in Egypt, with children the worst affected. The disease was first diagnosed in the country in February 2006.
Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia.
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A 10-year-old Egyptian girl has died of bird flu, the health ministry announced on Saturday, bringing to 15 the number of Egyptians who have succumbed to the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
The girl, from the southern province of Qena, was found to be "very critical" and hospitalised "too late," health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin told AFP.
Although the girl had been ill for more than 10 days, she had only been treated with Tamiflu for the past two days, he added.
John Jabbour, a World Health Official in Cairo, had earlier in the week told AFP the girl had been in contact with poultry.
The highly pathogenic virus has killed 15 people out of the 35 cases reported to date in Egypt. The disease was first diagnosed in the country in February 2006.
Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia.
Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl.
The government says it is conducting a vigorous campaign to combat the spread of the virus through vaccinations and raising awareness, but cases continue to appear.
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Egyptian girl who contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus died on Saturday, bringing the number of fatalities from the disease in the most populous Arab country to 15, the health ministry said.
The girl, from the southern town of Qena, is believed to have fallen ill with avian influenza after coming into contact with infected household birds.
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Egyptian girl dies after testing positive for bird flu
The Associated Press Saturday, June 9, 2007
CAIRO, Egypt: A 10-year-old Egyptian girl died Saturday after testing positive for bird flu — the 15th death in Egypt from the deadly virus, officials said. Mayada Garah Tohami was infected after being around birds that were raised in her home in the southern village of Donfiq, said Magdy Ayyoub, the governor of the Qena province where her village is located. She tested positive for the H5N1 virus on Thursday and was in critical condition at a local hospital, he said.
Thirty-five cases of bird flu have been reported in Egypt since the virus first appeared in the country last year. Of those, 15, including Tohami, have died.
Most of the fatalities have been women or girls whose families were raising poultry in the backyards and had daily contact with chickens or turkeys.
Egypt is one of the countries most affected by the H5N1 virus outside Asia, where the outbreak began. The country lies on a main route for migratory birds, which are believed to have brought the disease from Asia.
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