WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of an Indonesian family who died of bird flu may have infected each other and health experts are tracing anyone who had contact with them, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
The seven deaths in the family in Kubu Sembilang village in north Sumatra over the past few weeks is the largest family cluster off bird flu victims known to date. But villagers are now cooperating with health investigators and there is no sign that the H5N1 avian flu virus has infected anyone outside the family, said CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding.
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