Saturday, August 05, 2006
Thailand Reports Second Human Bird Flu Death in Two Weeks
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(Bloomberg.com) from Thailand.
Thailand reported that the bird flu virus had killed a man in a central province, the second such human death in less than two weeks, a senior official at the Health Ministry said today.
A 27-year-old man in Uthai Thani province who died on Aug. 3 tested positive for the H5N1 virus, Thawat Suntrajarn, director general of the ministry's disease control department, said by mobile phone. He was the country's 16th human bird flu death.
Thailand, the world's fourth-biggest poultry exporter, has widened its search for avian flu patients and improved surveillance for the virus in poultry after the government on July 26 confirmed a death of a 17-year-old man from bird flu, its first human fatality in seven months.
New cases create chances for H5N1 to mutate into a...
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Smoke from Alaska firesPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Bloomberg.com) from Thailand.
Thailand reported that the bird flu virus had killed a man in a central province, the second such human death in less than two weeks, a senior official at the Health Ministry said today.
A 27-year-old man in Uthai Thani province who died on Aug. 3 tested positive for the H5N1 virus, Thawat Suntrajarn, director general of the ministry's disease control department, said by mobile phone. He was the country's 16th human bird flu death.
Thailand, the world's fourth-biggest poultry exporter, has widened its search for avian flu patients and improved surveillance for the virus in poultry after the government on July 26 confirmed a death of a 17-year-old man from bird flu, its first human fatality in seven months.
New cases create chances for H5N1 to mutate into a...
Read More...
