Three People Dead in Egypt, Raising Human Avian Flu Toll to 157
Three People Dead in Egypt, Raising Human Avian Flu Toll to 157
Three members of an extended family have died in Egypt after being infected with H5N1 avian influenza, bringing the human toll in that nation to 18 cases and 10 deaths since February, and the total worldwide since 2003 to 261 cases and 157 deaths. “Our understanding is that there is exposure to sick poultry, in this case ducks, by the people that became ill,” John Rainford, a spokesman at World …