CORRECTED: No signs of human-to-human bird flu in Turkey: WHO
Posted on: Monday, 9 January 2006, 09:23 CST
Please read in paragraph 3 ... Rodier ... instead of ... Roider ... .
A corrected version follows.
DOGUBAYAZIT, Turkey (Reuters) - There are no signs that the bird flu virus spreading in Turkey is being passed among humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
The WHO has confirmed four human bird flu cases in Turkey, including the deaths of two siblings last week from Dogubayazit in the eastern part of the country.
"At the moment there is no element in this village indicating human-to-human transmission. It's typically similar to what we have seen so far (in Asia)," Guenael Rodier, head of the WHO's Turkey mission, told Reuters Television. He was part of a team investigating the bird flu in the east of Turkey.
Turkish authorities say 14 people have tested positive for the deadly bird flu virus including three siblings from Dogubayazit who have died. The WHO said other cases had not so far been verified by laboratory tests.
Source: REUTERS
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