Thai case of bird flu fans fears of a human link
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BANGKOK Officials in Thailand announced Monday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with avian influenza and that two family members of the sick person had already died of a flulike illness, raising the possibility that these deaths might
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A Thai woman who died of bird flu  possibly caught it from her daughter but there was no  indication the virus would spread more widely among humans, a  top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The eight individuals in Pakistan who are suspected to have bird flu probably have a combination of infections from poultry and limited person-to-person transmission from close contact, a top World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday. Keiji Fukuda, coordinator of WHO's global influenza program, said while unconfirmed, any human-to-human spread seemed similar to previous outbreaks in Thailand and Indonesia -- affecting close family members caring for sick loved ones.
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HONG KONG Officials in Thailand announced Monday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with the country&#39;s second human case of avian influenza since the disease began a resurgence in July and said that two family members of the sick person had
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Thailand said on Tuesday it had found  its first known probable case of a human being infecting  another with bird flu, but insisted it was an isolated incident  that posed little risk to the greater population.
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Thai and international health officials  were due to meet on Monday to review a case in which there is a  "very remote possibility" birdflu was passed from human to  human, a senior WHO official said.
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A Thai woman who recently died of bird flu probably caught the disease from her daughter, the government has said. If true, she would be the first person in the latest outbreak to catch bird flu from another human.
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A Malaysian state near the border with Thailand faces a quarantine to stop the spread of potentially deadly bird flu, which has spread inexorably since first being discovered in this country a month ago, a news report said
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The World Health Organisation last night confirmed that it was examining a probable first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.
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Thailand, rattled by fears a girl  passed bird flu to her mother, said Monday it has no evidence  of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H5N1 virus in the  country.
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Geneva - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday confirmed that it was examining a &quot;probable&quot; first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.
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BANGKOK A day after Thai and international officials confirmed the first probable human-to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health systems around the globe were scrambling to prepare for a possible pandemic
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A Thai woman, who had two family members already die of a flulike illness, was hospitalized with avian influenza.
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A case of avian influenza that killed an 11-month-old girl in Vietnam this month has alarmed health officials around the world.
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Thailand faces a long battle against  the virulent bird flu virus, a top minister said on Wednesday,  a day after the country announced its first probable case of  human-to-human transmission.
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BANGKOK : Bird flu fears in Thailand prevented passers-by from helping four people injured in an accident between a drunk-driver and a pick-up truck full of chickens, rescue officials said on Sunday.
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A 10-month-old boy has become the seventh person hospitalized with bird flu symptoms in Thailand since a teenager died of the disease last week, officials said Tuesday.