Egypt: H5N1 Confirmed Human & Poultry + H1N1 Deaths in Dakahliya

H5N1 Humans Confirmed

Confirmed #92
1.5 yo
Onset: 1/7
Adm: 1/12

Confirmed #95 (WHO Update/not numbered)
40 yo
From: Banha District
Onset: 1/31
Adm: 2/2
Notes: Stable condition. Rptd on 2/8 (WHO).


Dakahlia – Swine Flu Deaths
#266 – 2/11/10
#264 – 2/9/10
#263 – 2/9/10


H5N1 Poultry since January 15^th – SAIDR site [http://www.saidr.org/en/animals.php]

Date of result: 31 January 2010
Date of sampling: 30 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Mit Ghamr
Village: Kafr El Naeim
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Mixed (chicken, ducks)
Number of birds: 70
Vaccination status: Not reported
Purpose of sampling: PDS

Date of result: 28 January 2010
Date of sampling: 27 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Talkha
Village: Mit Nabet
Type of rearing: Farm
Species: Chicken (broiler breeder)
Number of birds: 9,000
Vaccination status: Yes
Purpose of sampling: SAIDR active Surveillance

Date of result: 28 January 2010
Date of sampling: 27 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Mit Ghamr
Village: Kafr El Nasr
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Mixed (chicken, ducks)
Number of birds: 57
Vaccination status: Not reported
Purpose of sampling: PDS
Comment: Source of infection: Chicken bought from live bird market and slaughtered at the same day.
The viscera of the slaughtered chickens provided as feed for the kept poultry, and then the mortality started one day later.

Date of result: 27 January 2010
Date of sampling: 26 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Mansoura
Village: Mit El Akrad
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Mixed (chicken, ducks)
Number of birds: 92
Vaccination status: Unvaccinated
Purpose of sampling: PDS
Comment: Source of infection unknown. The village is surrounded by three water canals where hundreds of dead chickens and ducks were thrown.

Date of result: 22 January 2010
Date of sampling: 22 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Mit Ghamr
Village: El Bahayta
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Mixed (chicken, ducks)
Number of birds: 34
Vaccination status: Unvaccinated
Purpose of sampling: Notification

Date of result: 20 January 2010
Date of sampling: 20 January 2010
Governorate: Dakahliya
District: Tomay El Amdid
City: Tomay El Amdid
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Duck
Number of birds: 10
Vaccination status: Unvaccinated
Purpose of sampling: Notification

Date of result: 15 January 10
Date of sampling: 14 January 10
Governorate: Dakahlia
District: Mit Ghamr
Village: Tafahna El Ashraf
Type of rearing: Household
Species: Mixed (Ducks, geese, chicken)
Number of birds: 8
Vaccination status: Not vaccinated
Purpose of sampling: PDS
Comment: Source of infection: unknown
The flock was composed of adult Sudanese ducks, young Sudanese ducks, geese and chickens, all the species were in apparently healthy condition except young Sudanese ducks which developed nervous signs while the chickens were having only diarrhea.
This HPAI outbreak was detected at an early stage and was limited to one household.

Date of result: 15 January 10
Date of sampling: 14 January 10
Governorate: Dakahlia
District: Mit Ghamr
Village: Saharagt El Kobra (village Mit Nagy)
Type of rearing: Farm
Species: Chicken (Broiler)
Number of birds: 500
Vaccination status: Not vaccinated
Purpose of sampling: Notification