Published Date: 2009-03-06 18:00:48
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (49): Egypt (Cairo) NOT
Archive Number: 20090306.0932
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (49): EGYPT (CAIRO) NOT
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Date: Fri 6 Mar 2009
Source: KUNA Health [edited]
<http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980897&Language=en&searchtext=Bird%20Flu%20Cairo>
Egyptian official denies 2 bird flu cases in Cairo
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Egyptian Chief of Health Affairs department in Cairo Dr. Naibal
Abdul-Qader denied on Friday [6 Mar 2009] reports of emergence of 2
cases of bird flu in the Egyptian capital, excluding one case of a
child who tested positive in Faiyum province. Abdul-Qadir said in a
press release that all suspected cases of the disease were in 2
hospitals, adding that laboratory results proved that the 2 cases
were tested negative, contradicting rumors that the samples of those 2
cases were positive.
The only exception was of a 2-year old child from Faiyum province, who
was under treatment in hospital, the statement added.
[The case of this child was described in ProMED-mail archive (44)
below. - Mod.CP]
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
See Also
Avian influenza, human (48): Egypt (Cairo), susp. 20090305.0901Avian influenza, human (44): Indonesia, Egypt susp., 20090301.0853
Avian influenza, human (33): Egypt (MN), WHO 20090210.0599
Avian influenza, human (31): Egypt (MN) 20090208.0575
Avian influenza, human (29): Egypt (SUZ) 20090205.0511
Avian influenza, human (23): Egypt, WHO 20090127.0366
Avian influenza, human (21): Egypt 20090125.0338
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