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Egypt: 4 Women Die of Bird Flu
NYT ^ | 01/03/08 | DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Posted on 01/04/2008 10:32:47 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Egypt: 4 Women Die of Bird Flu
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: January 3, 2008
Bird flu has killed four Egyptian women in the past week, according to Egyptian health officials and the World Health Organization. The women, ages 25 to 50, were from different provinces, and the cases were not related, officials said. At least one was a chicken seller, and the others were said to have kept poultry at home. The H5N1 strain of avian flu appears endemic in Egyptian poultry; previously the last human case was in June. A total of 43 Egyptians have been infected with H5N1 since it arrived in early 2006; 19 died.
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