Indonesian Chickens, and People, Hard Hit by Bird Flu
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Three people died of bird flu this week, pushing the total number of deaths in Indonesia to 101, nearly half of all the bird flu deaths in the world.
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A 20-year-old Indonesian man who health   officials thought had been part of a family cluster of bird flu   cases died of the disease on Thursday, a hospital official   said.
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HANOI -- Vietnam yesterday confirmed the sixth human death from bird flu in three weeks, and Thailand recorded its first case among poultry this year as health specialists expressed concern about a possible repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.
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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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An Indonesian toddler has died from bird flu after apparently coming into contact with dead poultry, health officials said Wednesday
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The H5N1 bird flu virus in Indonesia may have undergone a mutation that allows it to jump more easily from poultry to humans, the head of the country's commission on bird flu control said on Wednesday.
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An Indonesian man who had been   suffering from bird flu for days died early on Thursday, a   hospital official said, taking Indonesia's death toll from the   disease to 52.
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Two young boys died of bird flu in Indonesia &amp;#151; one from a family that has already lost four members to the disease, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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The avian influenza virus that has spread among poultry in Southeast Asia and infected some people there has also crossed another species barrier to infect cats.
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Asia's bird flu epidemic, which experts fear could spawn a human pandemic, has claimed its 31st victim, a nine-year-old Thai girl who had contact with infected chickens at home.
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Dozens of chickens at a western Japan poultry farm died of the H5N1 bird flu strain, agriculture officials said Wednesday, fueling concerns about a series of recent cases in the country's poultry industry.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been hit by a new outbreak of bird flu suspected to be the same strain which has killed 27 people across Asia and devastated poultry industries.
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Dec 10, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Southeast Asian nations are mounting a two-tiered attack on the avian influenza virus that has devastated poultry flocks and raised the specter of a potential human flu pandemic.
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A 6-year-old Indonesian boy died of bird flu at the weekend, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 81, officials said on Monday.
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KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - A strain of bird  flu blamed for 27 deaths in Asia this year has been found in  Malaysia for the first time, the government said on Thursday as  hundreds of birds were culled to contain the outbreak.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Malaysian agriculture officials confirmed Thursday bird flu has been detected in two chickens in the northern state of Kelantan.
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International tests have confirmed that a 7-year-old girl died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu earlier this month, bringing Indonesia&#039;s death toll from the virus to at least 38, a health official said Thursday.