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4th Indonesian dies of Bird Flu

Link: Science News Article | Reuters.com.

Indonesia's Health Ministry said on Tuesday testing confirmed that a man who died in September was positive for bird flu. A total of seven people have been confirmed infected with H5N1. The three survivors included two members of an extended family, but both had come into contact with dead chickens, Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official at the ministry, said when asked if human-to-human transmission might have occurred.

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