Monday, December 20, 2010

Commonground's Egypt Update

Regarding this post located here

Summary of #H5N1 Cases In Egypt Reported in Past 24 Hours

All information is located in this blog, reported in the past 24 hours.
Right now, it is my opinion, that all of these cases were Swine Flu H1N1. Egypt has a tendency to use the terms "bird flu" and "swine flu" interchangeably. I'm sure you have come to the same conclusion as you read the translated articles in this blog. I do not know if this is a translation issue, or an editing issue on their part. So, for right now, until I hear further from the MOH I do not believe they were H5N1.

Our last update from WHO is:

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 38

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 30-year-old female from Gharbia Governorate, developed symptoms on 28 November, was hospitalized on 1st of December, where she received oseltamivir treatment, and died on 2nd of December.

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 113 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 37 have been fatal.



http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_12_08/en/index.html

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