Identifier
Created
Classification
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06CAIRO7249
2006-12-28 09:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES
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UNCLAS CAIRO 007249
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/ELA, AIAG FOR WINN
AMMAN FOR WHITTLESEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES
REF: CAIRO 6326
Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution.
UNCLAS CAIRO 007249
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/ELA, AIAG FOR WINN
AMMAN FOR WHITTLESEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES
REF: CAIRO 6326
Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution.
1. (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at
the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3
confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable
third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the
most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three
succumbed to the disease. Assuming the third case is
confirmed, a total of ten people have died out of eighteen
diagnosed with avian influenza in Egypt since the virus was
first discovered in humans in February, 2006.
2. (SBU) On December 14, a twenty-six year old male from
the village of Kafr Alhanoot, approximately 55 miles north of
Cairo, developed flu-like symptoms. On December 17, he and a
thirty year old female family member were admitted to the
Zifta Fever Hospital. On December 20, a third family member,
a fifteen year old female, was admitted with the same
symptoms, and shortly after all three were transferred to
Abbassiya Chest Hospital in Cairo and administered Tamiflu.
The two females succumbed to the virus on December 24 and 25,
while the male died on December 27.
3. (SBU) Though all initially denied having contact with
poultry, the victims were among at least twenty family
members living in a forty square meter communal house with
poor ventilation and no windows that also housed a flock of
ducks. The mother of the fifteen year old victim told MOHP
that ten young ducks living in the house died in early
December and three more died on December 12. She slaughtered
the remainder on December 13, though she and all other family
members tested negative for H5N1. Health authorities in
Gharbia examined residents in the village for AI symptoms,
but found no other cases. They also interviewed local
residents who indicated their domestic poultry had not been
vaccinated against H5N1.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/ELA, AIAG FOR WINN
AMMAN FOR WHITTLESEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
SUBJECT: EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES
REF: CAIRO 6326
Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution.
1. (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at
the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3
confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable
third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the
most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three
succumbed to the disease. Assuming the third case is
confirmed, a total of ten people have died out of eighteen
diagnosed with avian influenza in Egypt since the virus was
first discovered in humans in February, 2006.
2. (SBU) On December 14, a twenty-six year old male from
the village of Kafr Alhanoot, approximately 55 miles north of
Cairo, developed flu-like symptoms. On December 17, he and a
thirty year old female family member were admitted to the
Zifta Fever Hospital. On December 20, a third family member,
a fifteen year old female, was admitted with the same
symptoms, and shortly after all three were transferred to
Abbassiya Chest Hospital in Cairo and administered Tamiflu.
The two females succumbed to the virus on December 24 and 25,
while the male died on December 27.
3. (SBU) Though all initially denied having contact with
poultry, the victims were among at least twenty family
members living in a forty square meter communal house with
poor ventilation and no windows that also housed a flock of
ducks. The mother of the fifteen year old victim told MOHP
that ten young ducks living in the house died in early
December and three more died on December 12. She slaughtered
the remainder on December 13, though she and all other family
members tested negative for H5N1. Health authorities in
Gharbia examined residents in the village for AI symptoms,
but found no other cases. They also interviewed local
residents who indicated their domestic poultry had not been
vaccinated against H5N1.
RICCIARDONE