Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Research
Zoonotic Transmission of Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), Egypt, 2006–2009
Amr Kandeel, Serge Manoncourt, Eman Abd el Kareem, Abdel-Nasser Mohamed Ahmed, Samir El-Refaie, Hala Essmat, Jeffrey Tjaden, Cecilia C. de Mattos, Kenneth C. Earhart
, Anthony A. Marfin, and Nasr El-Sayed
, Anthony A. Marfin, and Nasr El-SayedTable 1
Demographic and exposure characteristics for persons with confirmed avian influenza (H5N1), Egypt, 2006–2009
| Characteristic | No. (%) persons |
|---|---|
| Total confirmed cases | 63 |
| Deaths | 24 (38.0) |
| Women |
40 (63.5) |
| Age group, y | |
| 0–4 | 23 (36.5) |
| 5–14 | 11 (17.5) |
| 15–49 | 27 (43.0) |
| >50 |
2 (3.0) |
| Exposure (no. persons)* | |
| Exposure to a confirmed human case before illness (63) | 4 (6.3) |
| Occupational (63) | 4 (6.3) |
| Exposure to likely infected backyard flocks (63) | 57 (90.5) |
| No known exposure (63) | 2 (3.2) |
| Consumption of raw or undercooked poultry products (61) | 0 |
| Exposure to likely infected backyard flocks (41) | |
| Recently purchased domestic poultry from market/seller (41) | 12 (29.2) |
| Recently purchased poultry became ill (12) | 7 (58.3) |
| Noted illness or death among their birds (41) | 33 (80.5) |
| Bred birds (27) | 14 (51.8) |
| Slaughtered birds in past 10 d (27) | 13 (48.1) |
| Defeathered birds in past 10 d (27) | 13 (48.1) |
*Denominators vary for each exposure because data were not available for all persons.
