Egypt reports third human bird flu case
CAIRO, March 20 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Monday a third suspected human case of bird flu had been discovered and the woman infected was in hospital.
She is the third infected person
Egypt has reported in three days.
All are from Qaloubiyah governorate, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Cairo.
A man admitted to hospital on Sunday recovered after being administered Tamiflu, but a woman died on Friday despite receiving the drug.
Initial tests in the two cases had shown virus infection, but authorities are awaiting further tests for final confirmation.
The state-run MENA news agency did not say whether the woman in the latest case had been tested for the bird flu virus.
"It was proven that she had handled infected birds and slaughtered some of these birds 15 days ago," MENA quoted Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali as saying.
Tamiflu is one of the most effective ways of treating humans with bird flu, which has spread across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, and killed more than 90 people worldwide since 2003.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus was first found in birds in Egypt last month. So far, 17 of Egypt's 26 governorates and the city of Luxor have reported cases in birds.
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So, Tamiflu does have some benefit.
Does this guy have a better ability to resist a future exposure to the same flu?
"a woman died on Friday despite receiving the drug."
"Initial tests in the two cases had shown virus infection, but authorities are awaiting further tests for final confirmation. The state-run MENA news agency did not say whether the woman in the latest case had been tested for the bird flu virus."
"It was proven that she had handled infected birds and slaughtered some of these birds 15 days ago," MENA quoted Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali as saying.
"(I wonder what 'wonderous event' is gonna happen after ten days. I noticed that part was missing.)"
Mmm... She bit the dust 12 days after butchering fowl so I guess you'll get to look at yourself in wonder from the ceiling as you wave bye, bye!