Indonesia:two more hospitalized for suspected bird flu
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2005 9:18 AM from Xinhua News Agency
One of the patients, a photographer for a local magazine, has just visited a poultry farming where bird flu killed 750 chickens and he was sent to hospital last Friday for suffering high fever and respiratory problems, reported the Detikcom online news service.
There is no explanation about another patient.
The medical team has taken blood sample from the two patients but the results cannot be made available immediately, it said.
A father and his two little daughters died within six days early this month, with laboratory test showing positive of bird flu attack, the country´s first confirmed human deaths caused by bird flu.
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