10th Chinese dies of bird flu

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Beijing (dpa) - China on Wednesday said a nine-year-old girl had died
from H5N1 avian influenza in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the 10th
human death from the virus reported in the country. 

The girl died on March 6 but no bird flu was found in poultry and no
other suspected human infection was reported in Zhejiang, the official
Xinhua news agency quoted health ministry officials as saying. 

China has now reported 15 confirmed human infections with H5N1 bird
flu, including 10 deaths, but some experts believe more cases may have
gone undetected. 

Health Minister Gao Qiang on Monday said there was still no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in China. 

Health experts believe that the origin of avian influenza, which first
appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, is the heavily populated southern
Chinese province of Guangdong, where humans and poultry live close
together. 

But Gao said the major source of bird flu outbreaks in China was believed to be migratory birds. 

The World Health Organization recorded 175 human infections with H5N1 bird flu worldwide, including 95 deaths, by March 6.

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	Beijing (dpa) - China on Wednesday said a nine-year-old girl had died from H5N1 avian influenza in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the 10th human death from the virus reported in the country. The girl died on March 6 but no bird flu was found in poultry and no other suspected human infection was reported in Zhejiang, the official Xinhua news agency quoted health ministry officials as saying. China has now reported 15 confirmed human infections with H5N1 bird flu, including 10 deaths, but some experts believe more cases may have gone undetected. Health Minister Gao Qiang on Monday said there was still no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in China. Health experts believe that the origin of avian influenza, which first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, is the heavily populated southern Chinese province of Guangdong, where humans and poultry live close together. But Gao said the major source of bird flu outbreaks in China was believed to be migratory birds. The World Health Organization recorded 175 human infections with H5N1 bird flu worldwide, including 95 deaths, by March 6. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id =83897