ARDS in Libya

ABSTRACT

Recently, some severe cases of acute respiratory disease syndrome [ARDS] were reported from hospitals in Tobruk and Derna cities in Libya. Laboratory test conducted in Libya and re-tested at the National Influenza Centers [NICs] of Egypt and Tunisia detected influenza A [H1N1] pdm09 as the causative agent for these severe respiratory diseases amongst the hospitalized patients. Of the ten cases reported so far [until the end of December] six patients were fatal