90th Human avian influenza case in Egypt

23 December 2009

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new laboratory confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) on Sat 19 Dec 2009. The case is a 21-year-old female from the El Tanta District of Gharbia Governorate. She was admitted to Tanta Fever Hospital where she received oseltamivir treatment on the same day. She is in a stable condition. Investigation revealed that the case had close contact with dead poultry and was involved in slaughtering sick birds. Of the 90 laboratory confirmed cases of avian influenza reported in Egypt, 27 have been fatal, but of the 38 human cases confirmed so far in 2009, only 4 have been fatal, possibly as a result of immediate resort to oseltamivir treatment.

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