Vietnam Bird Flu Victim Infected by Wild Bird,

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       Vietnam Bird Flu Victim Infected by Wild Bird, Tuoi Tre Says 

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam's fifth reported bird flu victim this year may have caught the virus from a wild bird, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported, citing an official at the country's veterinary office. 

The victim's family brought home some wild birds from a hunting trip, the newspaper said, citing Van Dang Ky, chief epidemic official at Vietnam's Animal Health Department. 

All samples from poultry in the area where the victim lived tested negative for the lethal H5N1 avian influenza strain, Ky told a national conference on bird flu control in Hanoi yesterday, according to the report. 

The four-year-old boy from the mountainous northern province of Son La, who died on Dec. 16, was confirmed positive for the deadly viral disease, Nguyen Huy Nga, director of the health ministry's department of preventive medicine, said on Dec. 27. 

To contact the reporter on this story: Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen in Hanoi at uyen1@bloomberg.net . 

Last Updated: January 2, 2008 21:53 EST 

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	Vietnam Bird Flu Victim Infected by Wild Bird, Tuoi Tre Says By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam's fifth reported bird flu victim this year may have caught the virus from a wild bird, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported, citing an official at the country's veterinary office. The victim's family brought home some wild birds from a hunting trip, the newspaper said, citing Van Dang Ky, chief epidemic official at Vietnam's Animal Health Department. All samples from poultry in the area where the victim lived tested negative for the lethal H5N1 avian influenza strain, Ky told a national conference on bird flu control in Hanoi yesterday, according to the report. The four-year-old boy from the mountainous northern province of Son La, who died on Dec. 16, was confirmed positive for the deadly viral disease, Nguyen Huy Nga, director of the health ministry's department of preventive medicine, said on Dec. 27. To contact the reporter on this story: Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen in Hanoi at uyen1@bloomberg.net . Last Updated: January 2, 2008 21:53 EST
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