Egypt's Ministry of Health Announces 2 More Human Cases of Avian Influenza

Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Abdu-Rahman said
tuesday,Egypt has found2
cases of human infection with avian influenza, bringing the number of human cases of avian influenza in Egypt to 41One of the cases occurred in Damita province, 150 kilometers north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, where a 50-year-oldwomanwas taken to theHospital
of Damita on thursday, according to Egyptian Middle East News Agency, citing Abdu-RahmanAnother case occurred in Manufia province, 65 km north of Cairo, awoman2
2
-year-old infected with the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, she was sent to a local hospital treatment Abdu-Rahman also confirmed that were transferred to a hospital in Cairo , is now in stable condition Egypt first reported the of avian influenza virus infection in poultry in February 2006, the first human case of avian influenza was detected in March of that year
, the number of human deaths from avian influenza in Egypt to date is 16