Suspect H5N1 Familial Cluster in Nile Delta
Recombinomics Commentary 01:22
January 1, 2008
Detained by the Department of Hospital pathogenesis Said a family of four persons in the isolation hospital, after very high degree temperature and influenza and severe injuries in the suspected Avian .. family is composed of Reza Abdalmugod Abdilkadir 25 years, and allow the Radwan wife and his two sons Mohammed 9 years and Rajab 5 years. Dr. Imad Eddin Mohamed, director general of the Directorate of Health Port Said that the family maintains a village south of Port Said Radwan.
The Family Educational [backyard/roof-top] used bird, poultry house, and announced the formation of a medical committee to survey the region in full, and take samples from the family and sent to labs central Cairo to show how Avian infected or not.
The above translation describes a suspect H5N1 cluster in Port Said in the Nile Delta (see satellite map). The family of four has bird flu symptoms and is being tested, as are their birds.
Egypt has a large number of suspect cases, but the high number of confirmed fatal cases in the past week increases the likelihood that suspect cases will be confirmed positives.
More information on symptoms in this family would be useful.
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