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 2
Signs and symptoms at illness onset for 60 persons with confirmed avian influenza (H5N1), by age group, Egypt, 2006–2009*
| Sign or symptom | Age group, y, no. (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| <15, n = 34 | ≥15, n = 26 | ||
| Fever | 34 (100) | 24 (92) | >0.05 |
| Cough | 22 (65) | 21 (81) | >0.05 |
| Shortness of breath | 5 (15) | 10 (38) | <0.05 |
| Sore throat | 17 (50) | 10 (38) | >0.05 |
| Vomiting | 3 (9) | 7 (27) | >0.05 |
| Diarrhea | 2 (6) | 4 (15) | >0.05 |
| Muscle/joint pain | 2 (6) | 12 (46) | <0.001 |
| Headache | 1 (3) | 6 (23) | <0.05 |
| Alteration of consciousness | 1 (3) | 1 (4) | >0.05 |
*Data regarding signs and symptoms were available only for 60 of the 63 patients.
