Vietnam reports H5N1 case ;Chinesepatient dies

Jun 4, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vietnam's health ministry announced over the weekend that a poultry slaughterhouse worker was being treated for H5N1 avian influenza, and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed today that China's most recent H5N1 patient has died.

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Girl dies of bird flu, bringing national toll to 79

(The Jakarta Post)

JAKARTA (AP): An Indonesian girl died of bird flu after coming into contact with an infected chicken, bringing the national death toll from the H5N1 virus to 79, a Health Ministry spokeswoman said Sunday.

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Understanding avian flu
(Khaleej Times)
2 June 2007



IF PREDICTIONS of an avian flu epidemic in humans seem to sound more ominous with each repetition, an important reason is the paucity of scientific understanding of the process of mutation. There was thus a palpable sense of relief when an international team of scientists announced the other day that they had succeeded in isolating antibodies that could protect humans.

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