Published Date: 2007-06-23 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (102): Egypt, Indonesia
Archive Number: 20070623.2033
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (102): EGYPT, INDONESIA
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In this update:
[1] Egypt: 37th human case
[2] Indonesia: 101st human case
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[1] Egypt: 37th human case
Date: Sat 23 Jun 2007
Source: Reuters Foundation AlertNet, Sat 23 Jun 2007 [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23245863.htm>
Young boy tests positive for bird flu
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A 4-year-old Egyptian boy has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu
virus, becoming the 37th human case in the Arab country, the official
Middle East News Agency [MENA] reported on Saturday [23 Jun 2007]. It
quoted a health ministry statement identifying the boy as an
inhabitant of the Upper Egyptian province of Qena.
He was admitted to hospital in Qena on Thursday [21 Jun 2007]
suffering high fever after being exposed to birds suspected of having
bird flu, MENA quoted the ministry as saying. He was taken to a
hospital in the capital Cairo and is in a stable condition. A total
of 15 of Egypt's bird flu cases have proven fatal.
This patient is the 3rd human bird flu case from Qena over the past
month after a lull of nearly 2 months. Egyptian officials had said
they expected the virus to lie low during the hot summer, following
the pattern it set last year after the initial outbreak in February 2006.
Bird flu did extensive damage to the country's poultry industry and
the economy as a whole after its arrival in Egypt, which has more
confirmed bird flu cases among humans than any other country outside
of 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 cooler than in the south.
Around 5 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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[2] Indonesia: 101st human case
Date: Sat 23 Jun 2007
Source: International Herald Tribune, Associated Press report,
Sat 23 Jun 2007 [edited]
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/23/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Bird-Flu.php>
Sumatran girl tests positive for bird flu in Indonesia
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A hospitalized Indonesian girl has tested positive for the virulent
H5N1 bird flu virus after coming into contact with sick chickens, a
health official said on Sat 23 Jun 2007. The 3-year-old girl is being
treated at a hospital in Pekanbaru, the provincial capital of Riau on
Sumatra island, said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official.
The girl, who had contact with dead chickens, is the 101st confirmed
human case of bird flu in Indonesia, Kandun said. Of those, 80 have died.
Since 2003, bird flu has killed at least 191 people worldwide, more
than 40 percent of them in Indonesia, according to the World Health
Organization.
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[A map of the governorates of upper Egypt can be accessed at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/egypt.pdf>;
and a map of Indonesia showing the location of Pekanbaru on Sumatra can be
accessed at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/indonesi.pdf>.
An updated "H5N1 Avian Influenza Timeline of Major Events" has been
published by WHO on 18 Jun 2007:
<http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/timeline2007_06_21.pdf>.
The most recent "Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian
Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO" was published on 15 Jun 2007:
<http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_06_15/en/print.html>.
The number of confirmed human cases is listed as 313 including 191
fatalities. As of 15 Jun 2007 the number of human cases confirmed by
WHO in Egypt was 36 including 15 deaths, and in Indonesia 100 cases
including 80 deaths. - Mod.CP]
See Also
Avian influenza, human (100): Viet Nam (Ha Nam) 20070621.2001Avian influenza, human (99): Indonesia, Viet Nam 20070616.1966
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Avian influenza, human (96): Egypt 20070609.1885
Avian influenza, human (93): Indonesia, WHO 20070606.1832
Avian influenza, human (90): China, WHO 20070604.1809
Avian influenza, human (89): Viet Nam 20070602.1788
Avian influenza, human (88): Indonesia 20070601.1771
Avian influenza, human (87): Indonesia, WHO 20070531.1755
Avian influenza, human (86): Indonesia 20070531.1753
Avian influenza, human (85): China, WHO 20070530.1743
Avian influenza, human (84): China 20070527.1699
Avian influenza, human (62): China, Egypt, WHO 20070331.1103
Avian influenza, human (61): China, Indonesia 20070329.1080
Avian influenza, human (58): Egypt, China (Hong Kong) 20070326.1046
Avian influenza, human (55): H9N2, China (Hong Kong SAR) 20070320.0975
Avian influenza, human (46): China 20070304.0752
Avian influenza, human (44): China, Egypt, WHO 20070301.0732
Avian influenza, human (43): China, Egypt 20070228.0718
Avian influenza, human (07): Indonesia, China WHO 20070110.0109
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