Egyptian boy contracts bird flu (H5N1) , page 1

This is the second case in as many days. While the furor over H1N1 has died down this little tidbit is interesting to say the least.

CAIRO (AFP) – A three-year-old boy from north Egypt has contracted the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in the second such case in two days, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

The boy, from the Nile Delta city of Mahalla al-Kubra, was taken to hospital with a high fever on Friday and tested positive for the virus, the state-owned daily Al-Ahram quoted health ministry officials as saying.

The toddler, who had been in contact with infected poultry, is now being treated with Tamiflu and is in stable condition, according to the ministry.

His case brings to 71 the number of bird flu infections in Egypt.
news.yahoo.com...;_ylt=AjAbUJ95sEHB3LYbW4Brh91vaA8F

reply to post by FredT

---

Bird flu, swine flu, what's next, cattle flu?

It seems to me that the more people get sick, the more Government has reason to step in to enforce control measures.

Like for instance, on the border, the issues dragged the World Health Organization into the fray of sickness on an already political tinder-box of issues. Anyone who knows anything about this organization knows that this is a representative of the United Nations.

This means that a foreign presence is on our border with Mexico.

So, what's going to happen in Africa next, who's going to get dragged into the conflict?

Will it be W.H.O., or someone else, will the threat of bird flu shut down Africa next?

W.H.O. knows?


[edit on 16-5-2009 by SpartanKingLeonidas]

reply to post by semperfortis

---

I somewhat agree, but I think that the longer that either of these viruses remain in any large population center that possibly becomes the live lab for the virus to strengthen and mutate, thus the probability of evolution of a new strain, everyone everywhere would need to be worried about this, not just regionally, it seems to me that the bird flu has gone overdue to become communicable from person to person and it is only matter of time, even before this swine flu that is the biggest fear outside of a smallpox pandemic.

[edit on 16-5-2009 by phinubian]

Another Bug, Worse than the Last Bug - Flesh Eater Spreading
  Posted 11 days ago with 20 member flags

Superbugs spied off the Antarctic coast
  Posted 11 days ago with 14 member flags

Deadly new superbug heading for Britain!
  Posted 1 days ago with 9 member flags

NYC Employers Now REQUIRE Yearly H1N1 Shot - Or you\'re FIRED!
  Posted 9 days ago with 6 member flags

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States
  Posted 7 days ago with 6 member flags

Bird flu \'censorship\' decision
  Posted 13 days ago with 5 member flags

No way of stopping leak of deadly new flu, says terror chief
  Posted 5 days ago with 5 member flags

Schmallenberg Virus affects European Livestock
  Posted 6 days ago with 5 member flags

Newest topics, updated in real-time:

Newest topics getting flags, in real-time:

Newest topics getting replies, in real-time: