Two More Human Bird Flu Cases In Indonesia

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Main Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Article Date: 25 Sep 2006 - 11:00 PDT

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Two more people have become infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain, say officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Health. Both of them died.

An 11-year-old boy from East Java Province developed bird flu like symptoms on September 16, was hospitalized on September 18 and died that day. One month before the boy became ill, chickens were dying in his household. Authorities say chickens continue to die in the area where he lived.

A 9-year-old boy from South Jakarta developed bird flu like symptoms on September 13, was hospitalized on September 20, and died two days later. Authorities say he had had contact with sick chickens.

So far, Indonesia has 67 confirmed cases of bird flu infection, of which 51 have died.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today
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