Egypitan woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week (Reuters)
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of birdflu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt inless than one week, the Health Ministry said.
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Fatma Fathi Mohamed died in hospital in the Nile Delta cityof Mansoura, three days after she was admitted to a smallerlocal hospital with a high temperature and difficultybreathing, it said in a statement carried by the state newsagency MENA.
Her death was the 17th in Egypt since the virus was firstdetected in February 2006.
(Writing by Jonathan Wright; editing by Keith Weir)
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