A ProMED-mail post
Date: Wed 14 Jan 2015
A total of 13 cases
suspected of being H5N1 bird-flu positive have
been quarantined in the
Nile Delta city of Menoufiya [governorate],
the director of
preventive medicine department said on Wednesday [14
Jan 2015].
Samples from the
suspected patients will be sent for analysis at the
central labs, Department
Director, Reda Aish, said.
A 65-year-old woman from
Assiut governorate died in hospital earlier
on Wednesday [14 Jan
2015; see ProMED-mail post Avian influenza, human
(10): Egypt H5N1, China
H7N9 (SZ, Mainland) 20150114.3093018 - Mod.LK]
after being diagnosed
with H5N1, the health ministry announced.
At least 12 people have
contracted the virus this year [2015]; 2 cases
have died, 7 remain
under treatment, and 3 have recovered, the health
ministry
said.
Infection is usually
centered in rural areas, where citizens,
especially women,
frequently come in direct contact with live
poultry.
The World Health
Organisation warned that there is a risk of human
infection when the virus
is circulating in poultry, especially to
those in infected
environments.
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