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[A TIME'S MEMORY] The article of JP Dudley published in this issue of Eurosurveillance [3] examines the age- and sex-specific rates of infection and mortality for human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in Egypt, concluding that they differ markedly from those recorded in other countries.

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[Eurosurveillance latest updates] Eurosurveillance - View Article: The age-specific infection and death profiles among confirmed human A(H5N1) cases in Egypt (Figure 1), differ markedly from those recorded in Asia and Indonesia when compared to cumulative data for countries worldwide other than Egypt, Nigeria, and Turkey (Figure 2). The case fatality rate from human H5N1 cases in Egypt confirmed as of 23 April 2009 is only 34% (23 of 67), versus an average of 66% among WHO-confirmed cases from all countries other than Egypt (234 of 354 cases as of 23 April 

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[ECDC content latest updates (All Items)] ECDC Health Content: Writing Committee of the Second World Health Organization Consultation on Clinical Aspects of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Update on Avi Volume 358:261-273an Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Humans. NEJM 2008;

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