Vietnam Says 2 More Dead from H5N1 Bird Flu
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 17, 2004 10:0 AM from Reuters
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam said two children who died of bird flu this month had tested positive for the H5N1 strain, bringing to three the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak of a virus that killed 24 people across Asia earlier this year.
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"It is the H5N1 virus," said a doctor at the Hanoi Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on Tuesday.
The institute´s initial finding had only discovered the presence of the H5 virus in the children from northern Ha Tay province and the N1 component was confirmed from more tests.
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