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- 'Indonesia's bird flu toll jumps to 54 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesian health authorities have confirmed two more people have died of bird flu, bringing the national toll from the H5N1 virus to 54 -- the highest in the world.
'Indonesian bird flu toll hits 54 (CNN.com)
The latest bird flu victim in Indonesia, a 67-year-old woman, died Sunday in Bandung, West Java, the Indonesian Bird Flu Information Center reported Monday.
'Indonesia confirms 53rd bird flu death and another case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An 11-year-old boy who died two days ago has been confirmed as Indonesia's 53rd bird flu fatalilty while a sick woman has tested positive for the virus, a health ministry official said.
'Woman's Death Adds to Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll (LinuxInsider.com)
The human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia -- the highest in the world -- rose to 54 on Monday after an elderly woman who died overnight in a West Java hospital tested positive for the H5N1 virus, officials said. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, leads Vietnam, which has recorded 42 deaths from avian influenza -- although none have occurred in Vietnam this year.
'Rare bird is spotted by schoolboy (BBC News)
Bird-watchers flock to Deeside to catch a glimpse of a little-seen avocet, after it was first spotted by a schoolboy.
'Australia prepares for bird flu (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Australia stands ready to deal with an outbreak of bird flu but it doesn't have too much to worry about at the moment, says the federal health minister.
'Bird flu update: 16 October 2006 (SciDev.net)
Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.
'Bird Flu Kills 150th Person; May Have Infected Victim's Brain (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu may have infected an Indonesian woman's brain before it killed her yesterday, marking the 150th fatality caused by the virus worldwide since late 2003.
'Indonesian Woman Becomes Country's 55th Bird Flu Fatality (Medical News Today)
An Indonesian woman has become the 55th person in the country to die of H5N1 bird flu infection, according to the Ministry of Health. The 67-year-old woman was from West Java province. She developed bird flu like symptoms on October 3rd, was taken to hospital on October 7th, and died on October 15th.During the last four days three people have died of bird flu infection in Indonesia. [click link
'CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Oct 16 (Reuters) - Indonesia has confirmed the deaths of another two women from bird flu, taking the number of fatalities in the country to 55 from 72 cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said ...
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