Fourth Confirmed H5N1 Case in Egypt This Week
Recombinomics Commentary 20:48
December 30, 2007
Fatma Fathi Mohamed died in hospital in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, three days after she was admitted to a smaller local hospital with a high temperature and difficulty breathing, it said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.
The above comments describe the fourth confirmed H5N1 case in Egypt this week. The case is also the second fatality, suggesting a more virulent H5N1 is circulating in Egypt at this time. The other two patients are in critical condition or in the ICU.
H5N1 has been spreading in Egypt this week, indicating more human cases are likely.
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