Five Suspect H5N1 Cases Menoufia Egypt
Recombinomics Commentary 14:36
December 31, 2007
In Menoufiya [Al Minufiyah], were detained 3 hospitals pathogenesis Mnov after the [suspected] injury Avian They are: Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, "57 years" and the spiritual Abed Rabbo, "50 years" and Mohammad Ferdous "36 years" .. Hisham Atta Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health had been taking samples of infected plants and sent to the central Ministry of Health for analysis.
The above translation describes three more suspect H5N1 cases in Menoufia, raising the number of suspect cases in the governorate to five. The most recent confirmed case was also from Menoufia, as was an earlier confirmed case. Thus, there are two confirmed and five suspect cases there.
There are also three confirmed cases elsewhere, in addition to multiple suspect cases. Confirmed H5N1 cases on commercial farms and backyard holdings are being reported daily (see satellite map).
This spike in H5N1 may ne related to new sequence migrating into the region, or the emergence of a more virulent strain.
Release of sequence data and human and poultry cases is critical.
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