Published Date: 2007-01-20 00:00:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (17): Egypt, Indonesia
Archive Number: 20070120.0271
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (17): EGYPT, INDONESIA
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In this update:
[1] Egypt - 11th death
[2] Indonesia - 62nd death
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[1] Egypt - 11th death
Date: Fri 19 Jan 2007
From: Thomas Schmidt<mediscon@web.de>
Source: Reuters Foundation AlertNet, ex MENA, Fri 19 Jan 2007 [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19677096.htm>
An Egyptian woman died from avian influenza on Fri 19 Jan 2007 after 6 days
in hospital, the state news agency MENA said. The woman, 27, from Beni Suef
province, had been transferred to hospital in Cairo on 13 Jan 2007 with
pneumonia.
Health Ministry spokesman Abdel Rahim Shahin said the woman was the 11th
person in Egypt to die from avian influenza out of 19 cases in humans since
February last year [2006]. The other 8 have recovered.
--
Th.Schmidt
International Institute for Travel and Health
Kaulbachstr. 25 30625
Hannover - Germany
<mediscon@web.de>
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[2] Indonesia - 62nd death
Date: Sat 20 Jan 2007
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
Source: Reuters Foundation AlertNet, Sat 20 Jan 2007 [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK270727.htm>
Avian influenza killed a woman in Indonesia, the 62nd death from the virus
in the country with the highest human fatality rate, a Health Ministry
official said on Sat 20 Jan 2007. The 19 year old woman from West Java died
on Fri 19 Jan 2007, Dr Muhammad Nadirin at the Ministry's bird flu centre,
told Reuters. "She had been ill since 11 Jan 2007, had a high temperature
and cough and then entered Garut hospital on 17 Jan 2007," he said. "Six
days before she became ill she had contact with a sick chicken that,
according to the agriculture department's rapid test, was also positive for
bird flu."
Most human bird flu cases have resulted from contact with infected fowl.
Indonesia, the world's 4th most populous country and one that stretches
across 17 000 islands in an archipelago as wide as the continental United
States, faces an uphill task in fighting the virus.
Millions of backyard fowl live in close proximity to humans and health
education campaigns have often been patchy and rules difficult to enforce.
This week a campaign began to rid the Indonesian capital of such fowl but
it got a mixed reaction from residents. Some welcomed the culling amid
health concerns but others worried about losing a key source of income.
Bird flu remains essentially an animal disease, but it has infected nearly
260 people worldwide since late 2003, killing more than 150, according to
the World Health Organisation, and sparking fears of a pandemic. Since
2003, outbreaks have been confirmed in about 50 countries and territories.
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Mary Marshall
<tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
[These deaths bring the global total of human deaths from avian H5N1
influenza virus infection to 163 as of 20 Jan 2007, subject to official WHO
confirmation. - Mod.CP]
See Also
Avian influenza, human (15): Egypt, drug resistance, correction 20070119.0253Avian influenza, human (15): Egypt, drug resistance 20070118.0238
Avian influenza, human (13): Egypt, Indonesia 20070115.0198
Avian influenza, human (14): Indonesia, WHO 20070116.0204
Avian influenza, human (12): Indonesia 20070114.0187
Avian influenza, human (11): Indonesia, WHO 20070113.0173
Avian influenza, human (10): Indonesia, WHO 20070112.0161
Avian influenza, human (09): Indonesia 20070111.0133
Avian influenza, human (07): Indonesia, China WHO 20070110.0109
Avian influenza, human (05): Indonesia, WHO 20070109.0090
Avian influenza, human (04): Indonesia 20070108.0080
Avian influenza, human (03): Indonesia 20070107.0069
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