The Ministry of Health, Egypt, has confirmed that a 15-year-old girl died of bird flu infection on 10th April. The girl had developed bird flu like symptoms on 30th March and was hospitalized on 5th April – she was from Cairo Governate.
So far, 34 humans have become infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain in Egypt, of which 14 have died.
Scientists fear that the H5N1 bird flu virus strain, the most virulent one, will one day mutate and become easily human transmissible. This has not happened yet. It is still difficult for a human to catch bird flu from a bird, it is even harder for a person to infect another person.
Bird flu = Avian Flu
Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today