Indonesia:Jakarta reports one more human case of bird flu
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2005 17:34 PM from Xinhua News Agency
The World Health Organization′s (WHO) facility in Hong Kong has so far confirmed 13 bird flu cases in human in Indonesia including seven death since July.
"The woman′s tests showed positive, and her samples are now on the way to the WHO laboratory in Hong Kong. We should know about the results in about five days," the Jakarta Post quoted Ilham Patu quoted a spokesman and head of the avian influenza surveillance unit at the Sulianti Saroso Hospital as saying.
The woman was treated at the Tangerang Hospital before being transferred to the Sulianti Saroso Hospital on Thursday, he said.
Bird flu has been found in 23 of the country′s over 30 provinces.
In Southeast Asia, more than 60 of 120 bird flue infected people died after the outbreak in 2003.
The reference Lab in HongKong confirmed the woman test positive for H5N1 avian influenza virus on 3rd, Dec.
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