# 4833
From the Kuwaiti News Service, KUNA today, we have this brief announcement of a new human infection by the H5N1 virus in Egypt.
I’ve run the original Arabic through the Google Translator (this link) to produce the following:
Egyptian Ministry of Health declares human infection with bird flu, No. 112
Health 08/25/2010 5:39:00 PM
Cairo - 25-8 (KUNA) - Ministry of Health announced today that No. 112 of human infection with bird flu since the disease appeared in Egypt, noting that they belong to a woman, aged 33, from Qaliubiya described her condition critical.
The ministry said in a press statement that the woman, who introduced a Cairo hospital on Thursday suffering from high temperature, cough and difficulty breathing after exposure to birds suspected of being affected by bird flu.
This is the second human case in Egypt this month, with case #111 reported on here.
Sporadic human infections with the H5N1 avian flu virus continue to be reported in a handful of countries around the globe. Most (but not all) have been linked to close contact with infected poultry or birds.
The bird flu virus has yet to adapt well enough to human physiology to transmit effectively between people, although scientists warn that H5N1 could mutate into a pandemic strain someday.
The world remains in Pre-Pandemic Phase III on H5N1, and so monitoring and reporting on this virus remains vital.
Note: A hat tip to Pandemic Information News for the heads up on this story.
