Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Continuing Threat of Influenza (H5N1) Virus Circulation in Egypt
Myoung-don Oh
, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Mohamed A. Kutkat, Ahmed Kandeil, Ahmed Mostafa, Mariette F. Ducatez, Pamela McKenzie, Elena A. Govorkova, Mohamed H. Nasraa, Robert G. Webster, Richard J. Webby, and Mohamed A. Ali
, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Mohamed A. Kutkat, Ahmed Kandeil, Ahmed Mostafa, Mariette F. Ducatez, Pamela McKenzie, Elena A. Govorkova, Mohamed H. Nasraa, Robert G. Webster, Richard J. Webby, and Mohamed A. Ali
Table
Epizootologic data for avian influenza (H5N1) virus, Egypt, August 2009–July 2010*
| Variable | No. (%) samples |
p value† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collected | Positive | ||
| Swab type | NS | ||
| Cloacal | 4,353 (78.3) | 217 (5.0) | |
| Oropharyngeal | 1,209 (21.7) | 59 (4.9) | |
| Governorate | <0.001 | ||
| Cairo | 979 (17.6) | 58 (5.9) | |
| Qalubiya | 916 (16.5) | 120 (13.1) | |
| Menofiya | 1,636 (29.4) | 27 (1.7) | |
| Sharkiya | 280 (5.0) | 21 (7.5) | |
| Fayyoum | 1,323 (23.8) | 50 (3.8) | |
| Beni Suef | 428 (7.7) | 0 | |
| Species | <0.001 | ||
| Breeder chickens | 50 (0.9) | 5 (10.0) | |
| Broiler chickens | 3,803 (68.4) | 163 (4.3) | |
| Layer chickens | 710 (12.8) | 97 (13.7) | |
| Ducks | 819 (14.7) | 10 (1.2) | |
| Geese | 55 (1.0) | 0 | |
| Pigeons | 51 (0.9) | 1 (2.0) | |
| Turkeys | 74 (1.3) | 0 | |
| Location | <0.001 | ||
| Abattoir | 330 (5.9) | 38 (11.5) | |
| Commercial farm | 2,827 (50.8) | 192 (6.8) | |
| Backyard flock | 1,381 (24.8) | 12 (0.9) | |
| Live-bird market | 1,024 (18.4) | 34 (3.3) | |
| Bird health status | <0.001 | ||
| Healthy | 5,255 (94.5) | 235 (4.5) | |
| Sick | 214 (3.8) | 35 (16.4) | |
| Dead | 93 (1.7) | 6 (6.5) | |
*NS, not significant.
†Pearson χ2.
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