Bird Flu Human Cases In Indonesia Up To 26, Of Which 19 Fatal
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Article Date: 20 Feb 2006 - 17:00 PDT
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The Indonesian Ministry of Health has confirmed to the World Health Organization an additional case of human infection with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain.
The patient was a 23-year-old man, from East Jakarta. He worked as an egg seller in a wet market. He started showing bird-flu like symptoms on February 5th and was admitted to hospital two days later. The man died on February 10th.
Authorities have tested his close friends, relatives and workmates for bird flu infection and found nothing.
So far, there have been 26 human cases of H5N1 infection, of which 19 have died.
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