Recombinomics Commentary 12:37
June 2, 2008
Hospital Dietetic detained 17 Sohag Sohag a company for investment “poultry” Alkuaml village were suspected of infected with bird flu after a very high temperature and throat congestion. Has been taking blood samples from patients and sent to central laboratories of the Ministry of Health in Cairo for analysis .. executed by the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine in conjunction with the Directorate of Agriculture to preserve the company’s 3500 draft chickens after tests proved that being infected with bird flu virus.
The above translation describes the hospitalization of 17 poultry employees in Sohag after they developed symptoms and poultry tested positive for H5N1. Although there is significant discordance between local media reports of suspect patients, and WHO confirmed patients, the clustering of 17 workers at one facility is unusual, as is the late date of the infections. Most suspect cases of H5N1 in Egypt are in the spring.
Although the number of confirmed cases in Egypt in the 2007/2008 has been lower than the prior two years, the cases have been more severe and linked to pneumonia, in contrast to the mild cases in the spring of 2007. More
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