Bird flu identified in 5 more people in Turkey
Posted on: Monday, 9 January 2006, 04:09 CST
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish health official said on Monday the deadly bird flu virus had been identified in five more people across Turkey, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.
Health Ministry official Turan Buzgan told the agency laboratory test results showed there were new cases in the Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu, Corum and Samsun and the eastern province of Van.
The first case of the virus jumping from birds to humans outside China and southeast Asia occurred last week in rural eastern Turkey, where three children from the same family died after contracting the H5N1 strain.
Source: REUTERS
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