Avian influenza situation in Egypt - WHO update 54

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>


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.