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Posted: January 28 2006 at 6:02am |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060128/wl_mideast_afp/healthfl uiraq_060128123744 SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - A man showing symptoms of bird flu died in Iraqi Kurdistan and his samples have been sent to Hamma Sour Abdullah, 40, died Friday in Sulaimaniyah. He was the uncle of a 14-year-old girl, who also died flu-like symptoms, but who subsequent tests established did not have the H5N1 virus. "We decided to send the samples of the man to the WHO laboratory in Amman to make sure that he had not died of H5N1 virus," Imad Ahmad, a senior official with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party administering the city, told reporters Saturday. He said Abdullah died after suffering for a few days from a pulmonary infection. Iraq SEARCH Iraq's three Kurdish provinces, which border There is also a major public awareness campaign urging people to take precautions, including cooking instructions to minimize the risk of infection. Scientists fear that the more the virus spreads, the greater the chance H5N1 will mutate into a form that is easily transmissible between humans. This could spark a global pandemic that could claim millions of lives. The toll from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has climbed to 80 people worldwide since 2003 |
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