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Suspect H5N1 Clusters in Egypt Continue to Grow Recombinomics Commentary 12:50 January 7, 2008 The Mr. and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Dakahlia, reception Sadr Hospital in Mansoura 5 cases of the same family, on suspicion of injury symptoms of the disease, have also been receiving 3 from another family, were sampling them for analysis. Al "Egyptian Today" that there are 14 sample was negative patients are still being held under observation in hospital Mansoura. The above translation describes some of the hospitalized suspect H5N1 familial clusters, as well as patients who have tested negative for H5N1, but are being held in the hospital for additional tests (see satellite map for color coded patients and clusters). However, since a Tamiflu blanket has been thrown over the region, subsequent testing is also likely to be negative, if infected patients are responding to treatment. The number of reported hospitalized suspect patients continues to grow at about 25 patients per day, but there have not been any reported confirmed cases in over a week. A suspect patient in Aswan has been announced, as the reports of hospitalized patients covers the Nile from Aswan in upper Egypt to the Nile Delta. The latest reports have more detail on admissions in Beni Suef, Sohag, and Qena, where additional clusters have been hospitalized. Increased H5N1 infections in small and large farms throughout the country are also being reported (see satellite map), in areas that frequently coincide with hospital admissions. The situation in Egypt remains confused and more detail on the severity of disease in hospitalized patients would be useful. Media Links Recombinomics Presentations Recombinomics Publications Recombinomics Paper at Nature Precedings |
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