Egypt: 4-year old girl diagnosed with bird flu

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       Egypt: 4-year old girl diagnosed with bird flu, nation reports 44th case 

Wed. February 27, 2008 07:15 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - Send this news article

(SomaliNet) A four-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been diagnosed as having contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. 

The girl was admitted to hospital on Monday with a high temperature in Menya before being transferred to Cairo for further treatment, the official MENA news agency quoted ministry spokesman Abdul-Rahman Shahin as saying. 

She became the 44th case of the virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006. 

A total of 19 people have died from the virulent strain. Four people died at the start of 2008, although no fatalities have been reported over the past six months. 

Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl in Egypt. - Sapa-AFP 

http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/East%20Africa/14756

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	Egypt: 4-year old girl diagnosed with bird flu, nation reports 44th case Wed. February 27, 2008 07:15 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - Send this news article (SomaliNet) A four-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been diagnosed as having contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. The girl was admitted to hospital on Monday with a high temperature in Menya before being transferred to Cairo for further treatment, the official MENA news agency quoted ministry spokesman Abdul-Rahman Shahin as saying. She became the 44th case of the virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006. A total of 19 people have died from the virulent strain. Four people died at the start of 2008, although no fatalities have been reported over the past six months. Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl in Egypt. - Sapa-AFP http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/East%20Africa/14756

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	Egypt reports bird flu case Posted -56 sec ago Egypt's health ministry said today that a four-year-old girl has tested positive for bird flu, bringing the number of diagnosed with the deadly H5N1 strain in the country to 44. The ministry said the girl, from the southern village of Sheik Massoud in Menia province, was admitted to a Cairo hospital for treatment. Of the 44 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 19 have been fatal. Most of the infected and the fatalities have been women or girls whose families raise poultry in the backyards and who had daily contact with chickens or turkeys. http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=919424