In 2011 there were 39 H5N1 confirmed cases (15 fatal) in Egypt and 11 are listed in the latest WHO tree. Although the sequences and associated demographic information (age, gender, and location) have been withheld by NARMU-3 / CDC, the samples are numbered sequentially for each calendar year, so time gaps between collections can be approximated by sample number gaps, which are included in the name of the isolates.
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And another Commentary:
2011 Human H5N1 Sequence Indentities In Egypt
Recombinomics Commentary 16:45
February 25, 2012
Although Egypt has the second highest number of confirmed H5N1 cases in the world (161), as well as the most since 2009 (110), it has been almost two years since any human sequences were released by NAMRU-3. The most recent human sequence is from A/Egypt/N04434/2010, which was from a March 31, 2010 collection. NAMRU-3 release of human H5N1 sequence data has become increasingly less transparent since they became a WHO regional center. Similarly, the US CDC, another WHO regional center, has failed to release H5N1 sequences from cases in Egypt, even though NAMRU-3 routinely sends samples to the CDC.
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