Girl Of 12 Is Indonesia's 22nd Human Bird Flu Fatality

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Main Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Article Date: 14 Mar 2006 - 15:00 PDT

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Authorities in Indonesia say a 12-year-old girl from Boyolali, Central Java, has died of H5N1 infection. She became ill with a temperature on 19 February, was hospitalised on 23 February and died on 1 March.

A few days before she became ill chickens in her household had died of bird flu infection.

The girl's brother died of likely H5N1 infection on 28 February, he was 10. Doctors had been treating him for dengue fever, but it is most likely he died following co-infection of dengue and H5N1 - we will never know for sure.

The two siblings' immediate families and neighbours were checked for bird flu infection - it seems they are all OK.

So far, 29 humans have become infected with H5N1 bird flu virus strain, of which 22 have died.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today
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