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Posted: July 25 2010 at 5:32pm |
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Egyptian authorities confirmed on Saturday new H5N1 case bringing to 110 the total number of infections by the avian flu among humans in the most-populated Arab nation. Abdel Rahman Shaheen, spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Health said, the new case is for a 20-year-old woman. The young woman was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. Her health condition is critical, the spokesman said without elaboration.
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/jul2310avian2.html
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WHO on the latest Egyptian H5N1 caseWHO has published Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 35.
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection. The case is a 20 year-old female from Shobra Elkhima district, Qliubia Governorate. She was admitted to hospital on 21 July, placed on a ventilator, and received oseltamivir treatment. She died on 27 July. Investigations into the source of infection indicated that the case had exposure to sick and dead poultry. The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratories, a National Influenza Center of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN). Of the 110 laboratory confirmed cases of Avian influenza A(H5N1) reported in Egypt, 35 have been fatal. |
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