Turkey confirms new bird flu case in patient
Posted on: Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 02:39 CST
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey has confirmed a new case of bird flu in a patient in the central province of Sivas, CNN Turk television channel said on Tuesday.
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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