Indonesian woman died of bird flu, cluster probed


  • World
  • Sunday, 20 Aug 2006

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 35-year-old woman who died last week in an Indonesian village described as rife with bird flu was infected with the virus, according to two local tests, and a possible new cluster case is being probed, the health minister said on Sunday. 

The woman from the West Javan village of Cikelet -- which has seen a series of confirmed and suspected cases of bird flu in humans -- died on Aug. 17 after being treated for symptoms of the H5N1 virus. 

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