Man dies of bird flu in China: report
AFP, December, 2007
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BEIJING (AFP) — A man in east China died of bird flu Sunday, the country's 17th fatality from the H5N1 virus, state media reported.
The 24-year-old man was hospitalised last Tuesday after being diagnosed with pneumonia, Xinhua news agency reported early Monday, citing the Jiangsu provincial health department.
The man's condition deteriorated in hospital and he died on Sunday, it said.
Separate tests by the provincial and national disease control centres indicated the man was positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the agency said, adding the health ministry had confirmed he was infected with bird flu.
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The man, surnamed Lu, had no contact with dead poultry, the Jiangsu health department said, according to Xinhua. Jiangsu also had no outbreaks of bird flu, the agency said, citing the provincial animal husbandry bureau.
All 69 people who had close contact with Lu had been put ...
