Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Research
Zoonotic Transmission of Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), Egypt, 2006–2009
Table 4
CFRs for 63 persons infected with avian influenza virus (H5N1), Egypt, 2006–2009*
Characteristic | Total no. | No. died | CFR, % |
---|---|---|---|
Sex† | |||
F | 40 | 21 | 52.5 |
M |
23 |
3 |
13 |
Age group, y‡ | |||
0–4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
5–14 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
15–49 | 27 | 20 | 74 |
>50 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
All ages |
63 |
24 |
38 |
Days between illness onset and hospitalization§ | |||
0–2 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 |
3–4 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
5–6 | 9 | 8 | 89 |
>7 |
9 |
8 |
89 |
Days between illness onset and first oseltamivir dose¶ | |||
0–2 | 25 | 1 | 4 |
3–4 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
5–6 | 7 | 5 | 71 |
>7 | 12 | 11 | 92 |
*CFR, case-fatality rate.
†p = 0.0004, by χ2 test for CFR for female patients vs. that for male patients.
‡p<0.001, by χ2 test for patients <15 years of age vs. patients >15 years of age.
§p<0.001, by χ2 test for patients hospitalized <2 d after illness onset vs. patients hospitalized after 2 d.
¶p<0.001, by χ2 test for patients who received oseltamivir <2 d after illness onset vs. patients who received oseltamivir after 2 d.