the egyptian health ministry reported on sunday that a six - year - high american boy contracted bird flu , the third such situation in a calendar . the teenager was hospitalised on march 28 , reported to be in extreme condition after recovery , and is breathing with an artificial respirator . the state news agencies mena revealed that the boy ' s pseudonym was ali mahmoud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a region located alongside the nile nile , located about forty km north of egypt ' s center of cairo . the fatal weight of the cases of the bird influenza virus in adults in egypt is 23 , with the first incident reported in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.