ProMed: Swine Flu Spreading Steadily Across the Globe

INFLUENZA A (H1N1) - WORLDWIDE (60): EGYPT (CAIRO)
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Date: Tue 9 Jun 2009
Source: Angola Press Agency (Angop) [in French, trans. Mod.FE, edited]



The influenza A (H1N1) virus has been detected in 2 foreign students
of the American University of Cairo while [another 140 students] have
been placed in quarantine, as we learnt from the medical services and
the establishment.

Police officers wearing masks were stationed in front of their
university dormitory in the Zamaleck area between the 2 arms of the
Nile. Nobody was allowed either to go in or to come out.

"Two students were confirmed positive for the H1N1 virus.
Consequently, the residence was placed under quarantine for 24
hours," a representative of the university declared, adding that a
3rd student who had fever, had been hospitalized for precautionary
motives. All the students shall be subjected to a screening test.

The 1st Egyptian case of influenza A was detected last Tuesday [2 Jun
2009]. It is a 12-year-old American girl who arrived on holiday in
Cairo. It is equally the 1st case detected in Africa.

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[This is an update providing some details of the 1st case of
influenza A (H1N1) in Egypt and Africa as a whole. Despite all the
awareness of this novel virus raised in the last month in most
countries in the world, it seems the disease is spreading steadily
across the globe. This new outbreak is particularly concerning as
there is concurrent circulation of H5N1 virus in both human and
poultry populations, increasing the pathways by which a highly
transmissible and high mortality virus could evolve. ProMED-mail will
be interested in the sequence of events following the detection of
cases of influenza A (H1N1) in Egypt. - Mods.FE/PC]

[Cairo can be located on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Egypt at
. - CopyEd.MJ]

[see also:
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Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (57): Brazil, USA 20090605.2090
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (56): case counts 20090605.2089
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (55) 20090603.2056
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (54): dynamics 20090601.2038
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Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (52): seasonal vaccine 20090530.2010
Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide (51): dynamics 20090529.1999
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Influenza A (H1N1) - worldwide 20090430.1636
Influenza A (H1N1) "swine flu": worldwide (07), update, pandemic 20090429.1622
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Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human: worldwide 20090426.1577
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - New Zealand, susp 20090426.1574
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America (04) 20090426.1569
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, human - N America 20090425.1552
Acute respiratory disease - Mexico, swine virus susp 20090424.1546
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (02): (CA, TX) 20090424.1541
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA: (CA) 20090422.1516
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - Spain 20090220.0715
2008
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Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (TX) 20081125.3715]
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