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[Health Tips] The risk from avian influenza is very low but some confirmed cases of human infection from avian influenza infection have been reported since 1997. Most cases of avian influenza infection in humans have resulted from contact with infected poultry products or surfaces contaminated with secretion or excretions from infected birds.

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[Blog.sciam.com] Indonesia Plays a Dangerous Game with Avian Flu: BLOG: SciAm ...: When a 38-year-old Indonesian man and his 8-year-old and 1-year-old daughters all died within days of each other in late June, for example, the WHO counted only the man's death as an H5N1 casualty, despite tests performed at NAMRU-2 that showed the older girl positive for H5N1 infection and severe respiratory distress in the infant that was consistent with an avian influenza infection. NAMRU-2 issued its lab report on the cases on 14 July, whereas the WHO reference laboratory in Hong Kong did not announce its test results--and then only on the father--until a week later.

[Cure for bad breath] Iraq confirms third bird flu case.: The Ministry of Health in Iraq has retrospectively confirmed the country’s third case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.The case, a 3-year-old boy, was hospitalized in Baghdad on 15 March 2006. His illness was mild and he fully recovered.During its outbreak, which is now considered over, Iraq faced problems in the shipment of specimens for external verification of diagnostic tests.

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