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The family of Nouri, the 17-year-old girl who died on Monday, including her mother who was reportedly hospitalized, have tested negative for the H5N1 virus acording to MENA.
A hat tip to UK-Bird on the Wiki for this, picked up from www.masrawy.com.
Cairo-MENA-Dr Abdel Rahman Shahin hurt event official spokesman of the Ministry of Health. The results of the analysis of the girl's mother, "Nuri Club," died Monday in Fayyoum result of presence of avian flu was negative.
The spokesman - in response to rumors about the injury the girl's mother Nouri, or a member of her family Banfelonz a bird "that the results of the analysis of his father, the girl negative , in addition to the results of the analysis of all Almkhalten girls also negative. "
It is noteworthy that Nouri Club is the case of the 12 died avian influenza coordinates of the total 20 cases of human hit since the disease appeared in Egypt last March, but so far between what has been recovered from all the other eight cases.
The WHO (World Health Organization's) latest update on Egypt, released on February 6th, reads as follows:
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 3
6 February 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
The 17-year-old female from Fayyoum Governorate developed symptoms on 25 January 2007 and was initially treated for seasonal influenza. She was hospitalized on 1 February with fever and breathing difficulties, and died on 2 February. Initial investigations into the source of her exposure indicate the presence of sick and dead poultry at her home in the days prior to the onset of symptoms.
Of the 20 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 12 have been fatal.
