Teen Girl Who Died May Have Had Bird Flu
From Times Wire Reports
A 14-year-old girl who died in northern Iraq this month had bird flu, Iraq’s health minister said. A World Health Organization official said preliminary results from a U.S. military laboratory in Cairo showed the H5N1 bird flu virus, but it was seeking further tests.
If confirmed, it would be the first known human case of the virus in Iraq, whose northern provinces border Turkey, where more than 20 people have been diagnosed with the virus.
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