The ministry's director general of disease control, I. Nyoman Kandun, said it was unclear if the man had contact with dead chickens. He died a few days ago, he said.
"We have sent the sample to Hong Kong for confirmation," Kandun told Reuters by telephone. "We have not yet determined how he got the disease."
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