Indonesia Confirms 31st Human Case Of Bird Flu Infection
Featured ArticleMain Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Article Date: 13 Apr 2006 - 11:00 PDT
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Indonesian authorities have confirmed the country's 31st human case of H5N1 bird flu infection. The patient worked in a poultry farm in West Java, which had had a bird flu outbreak before he started work there.
The man has made a full recovery. The Ministry of Health says he first developed bird flu like symptoms on the 20th March.
Of the 31 confirmed human cases of bird flu in Indonesia, 23 have died.
Bird Flu = Avian Flu
H5N1 is a bird flu virus strain. The most dangerous one for humans (the one everyone is worried about)
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