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Indonesia says teenager tests negative for bird flu (AFP)

Thursday 13 11 08

A chart on bird flu infection and death rates in Indonesia. Tests on an Indonesian girl reported to have died of bird flu proved negative for the deadly strain of the virus, the health minister said Thursday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Tests on an Indonesian girl reported to have died of bird flu proved negative for the deadly strain of the virus, the health minister said Thursday.


Indonesian teenager dies of bird flu (Reuters)

Wednesday 12 11 08
Reuters - A 15-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu in central Java, a health official said on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 113.

15-year-old girl dies of bird flu in Indonesia (AP)

Wednesday 12 11 08
AP - Indonesian health officials say a 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu.

Body exhumed in fight against flu

Tuesday 16 09 08
The body of an aristocrat who died nearly 90 years ago has been exhumed in the hope that it will help combat a future flu pandemic.

Monitoring For 'Pandemic' Mutations By Examining Bird Flu Infections

Monday 01 09 08
Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold the key to early identification of a potential influenza pandemic, and to developing drugs and a vaccine. Since its reappearance in 1997, the H5N1 influenza virus has caused disease and death in millions of birds around the globe.

Indonesian man dies of bird flu (AP)

Thursday 17 07 08

A Seoul quarantine official. A cat found dead in a South Korean city was infected with a virulent strain of bird flu, the first mammal in the country known to have had the H5N1 virus, health officials said(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AP - An Indonesian cargo worker died of bird flu, relatives confirmed Thursday, raising the unofficial toll in the world's hardest hit nation to 111 in three years.


Two die as Indonesia resumes bird flu reporting: WHO (Reuters)

Thursday 19 06 08
Reuters - The Indonesian health ministry has reported two deaths from bird flu in recent weeks, easing concerns about whether Jakarta would share information about the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

Bacterial Pneumonia Caused Most Deaths in 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Thursday 19 06 08
The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Instead, most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection.

Indonesian health minister silent on bird flu toll (AFP)

Friday 06 06 08

A shopkeeper stands beside chickens in a cage at a market. Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari refused Friday to say how many Indonesians had died of bird flu and insisted it was no longer necessary to announce the toll on a case-by-case basis.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari refused Friday to say how many Indonesians had died of bird flu and insisted it was no longer necessary to announce the toll on a case-by-case basis.


Indonesia will stop announcing bird flu deaths (AP)

Thursday 05 06 08

An Indian poultry vendor at a local market in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, in April 2008. Although bird flu remains entrenched in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, the situation is improving in the rest of the world due to measures taken by governments, the UN coordinator for the disease said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Parthajit Datta)AP - A teenager died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia's 109th victim, but the government decided not to announce the death right away. It is part of a new policy aimed at improving the image of the nation hardest hit by the disease.
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