From the US State Department news of bird flu

Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)


Indonesian officials take samples from chicken at a poultry market January 24 in Indonesia. Five people in Indonesia have died from the virus since the start of 2007. (© AP Images)Avian Influenza Causes More Human Deaths in Indonesia, EgyptU.S. Navy scientists and their Egyptian partners working in Cairo are helping confirm new human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in North Africa and the Middle East, and are building laboratory capacity in that region and elsewhere to allows scientists and technicians in many countries to quickly identify and diagnose human illness that arises from outbreaks of deadly bird flu in Asia and Egypt. More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is PassedIndonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization. Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with the virus.