last six months are presented in Figure 5.
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Compared to 2009, when most cases were in children under four years of age, five out of the seven human infections so far in 2010 have been in adults. The observed CFR is also higher so far in 2010 (43% compared to 10% in 2009, although it had decreased from 50% in 2008). The relative increase in H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (50 in January 2010 compared to seven in the same month in 2009) is a result of the improved surveillance and reporting rate, mainly because of the effectiveness of CAHO.
During January 2010, 116 farms in five governorates were subjected to active surveillance and no HPAI infections were detected. On the other hand, two of the nine HPAI notifications (passive surveillance) received from commercial poultry farms were found positive for H5 HPAI.
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