New case of avian influenza A [H5N1] in Egypt

ABSTRACT

The Ministry of Public Health in Egypt has reported a new case of human infection with avian influenza, A [H5N1] virus. The case is a fourteen month old male child from Gharbia Governorate, Mahala District. He developed symptoms on 17th September 2011, received Tami flu on 21st September. The patient has recovered fully. Laboratory confirmation was done at the Central Public Health Laboratory and NAMRU-3 on 29th September and 2nd October 2011 respectively. Investigations into the source of infection indicated the child had exposure to backyard poultry. This brings the number of confirmed cases in Egypt to 152 and 52 of them have been fatal