The health ministry of Indonesia confirmed Friday that an teenage girl died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country to 73.

A Health Ministry official from anti bird flu center said that the girl"e;s lab tests showed she was positive contracted by the pathogenic H5N1 virus, and she once contacted with infected pet birds at her home in central Jakarta.

According to the confirmation of Sulianti Saroso Hospital which treated the girl, she died on late Thursday after experiencing multi-organ failure.

The number of bird flu cases in Indonesia which was the hardest hit by the virus has increased recently after months of absence of new cases.

The country recently has agreed to cooperate by sharing its bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization for scientific purpose.

Source: Xinhua