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Viewing cable 08CAIRO844, GRIM BIRD FLU MILESTONE: EGYPT'S 50TH CASE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08CAIRO844 2008-04-23 15:56 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo 
VZCZCXRO5953
PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD
DE RUEHEG #0844 1141556
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231556Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9043
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA PRIORITY
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS CAIRO 000844 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ELA (NAFZIGER) 
STATE ALSO FOR AIAG (WINN) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KFLU TBIO ECON PGOV EG
SUBJECT: GRIM BIRD FLU MILESTONE: EGYPT'S 50TH CASE 
 
REF: A. A. CAIRO 784 
     B. B. CAIRO 413 
 
 Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 
 
1. (SBU) On April 16, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and 
Population (MOHP) confirmed its seventh human avian influenza 
(AI) case this year: a 2-year-old boy from the Sharqia 
Governorate north of Cairo.  This marks Egypt's 50th 
confirmed AI case overall, and the third in the month of 
April.  The child was hospitalized the day after he fell ill. 
The treating physicians administered Tamiflu to him 
immediately, and he, unlike the last two AI victims, is 
expected to recover (ref A). 
 
2. (SBU) A notable spike in AI cases occurred earlier this 
year when the virus struck four Egyptians over a course of 
ten days in late February and early March (refs A and B). 
 
SCOBEY