The young girl was detected with the avian flu virus in Minya, approximately 160 miles south of Cairo, ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shaheen told the official news agency MENA.
The young girl had been hospitalized on Monday in the upper Egyptian town, but was later moved to the Egyptian capital for further tests and care to be undertaken.
Egypt has put more effort in stemming the infection rate of the deadly disease that caused four deaths in less than one week in December 2007. The North African nation, on the migratory route for a number of birds, has been the hardest hit nation outside of East Asia.
Since the disease first appeared in humans in March 2006, 19 people have died while the other 25 infected persons have recovered.
