Published Date: 2011-06-22 17:00:11
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (50): Egypt, WHO
Archive Number: 20110622.1911

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (50): EGYPT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Date: Wed 22 Jun 2011
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), CSR, Disease Outbreak News
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http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_06_22/en/index.html


Avian influenza situation in Egypt - WHO update 54
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As of Wed 22 Jun 2011 the Ministry of Health of Egypt has notified
WHO of a new case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1)
virus. The case is a 27 year old man from Qena governorate, Deshna
district. He developed symptoms on 5 Jun 2011, was hospitalized and
was put on oseltamivir treatment on 13 Jun 2011. He died on Tue 14 Jun
2011.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that the patient
had exposure to poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

The case was confirmed by the Egyptian sub-national laboratory for
Influenza in Aswan and the Central Public Health Laboratories in
Cairo, a National Influenza Centre of the WHO Global Influenza
Surveillance Network.

Of the 150 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 52 have been fatal.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Marianne Hopp

[This case becomes the 31st so far in 2011 and the 12th fatality. The
number of cases recorded in 2011 now exceeds that recorded in any
previous year since the beginning of the outbreak in Egypt in 2006.

A map of the governorates of Egypt can be accessed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Egypt. The
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Egypt can be seen at
http://healthmap.org/r/008F. - Mod.CP]

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