H5N1 News: WHO Update: Situation in Turkey
Via The World Health Organization (WHO).
Laboratory tests conducted at Turkey’s national influenza centre in Ankara have confirmed two additional cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The first newly confirmed case is a five-year-old boy from the district of Dogubayazit in Agri Province in the eastern part of the country. He remains hospitalized in a stable condition.
His 14-year-old sister died on 15 January of a respiratory disease with clinical features similar to those seen in H5N1 infection. Test results received today have confirmed her infection.
As with all other cases seen in Turkey to date, both children developed illness following direct exposure to diseased poultry.
posted by Fergie @ 1/16/2006 11:07:00 AM
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