New bird flu case in Eygpt

Bird flu seems to be able to go through periods where it's dormant, and authorities think they have it under control -- and then it pops up again.

A woman in Eygpt is the latest victim. But she is the first human avian flu patient since May.

Eygptian woman latest bird flu case

The avian bird flu virus was first found in Egypt in February 2006, and it spread from around March to May. But the government did act quickly to cull chickens, and by the end of May seemed to have it under control.

Plus, in Egypt almost all commercially raised chickens have been vaccinated, and about 20% of "backyard" chickens.

But recently they found an outbreak of the disease in some chickens.

Then this woman found some of the ducks she kept sick and dying. She killed them and plucked their feathers, thus exposing herself to the H5N1 bird flu virus.

So far, Egypt is the country with the most number of bird flu cases outside Asia.


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New Bird Flu Case
New Bird Flu Case