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Egyptian girl, 15, tests positive for bird flu
Sun 8 Apr 2007 12:34:28 BST
CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 34th human case in the Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Sunday.
A Health Ministry spokesman identified the girl as Marianna Kameel Mikhail from the Shubra district of Cairo, MENA reported.
UPDATE : 1016 Hrs EDT
This is an updated story from AFP.
Teenage Egyptian girl catches bird flu
Cairo. A 15-year-old girl in Cairo has been diagnosed with bird flu, the 34th person in Egypt to be infected with the disease, the health ministry said on Sunday.
Marina Kamil Mikhail, from Cairo's Shubra district, was admitted to hospital on Thursday with high fever, health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin told AFP.
The girl, who had been in contact with domestic poultry, was treated with Tamiflu, he said, adding that the rest of her family is being tested for the disease.
Egypt's position on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl close to living quarters have given the Arab world's most populous nation the highest human death toll from avian flu outside Asia.
