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New Bird Flu Findings in Indonesia and Egypt
USAgNet - 04/10/2007

A new case of bird flu has been reported in Egypt as Indonesia reports its 74th human death from the disease. A 15-year-old Egyptian girl has been diagnosed with bird flu, according to media reports. The teenager, Marianna Kameel Mikhail from Cairo's Shubra district, was admitted to hospital last Thursday.

She is being treated with Tamiflu and is apparently in a stable condition; she had, it seems, been in contact with infected birds.

This is Egypt's 34th human victim of bird flu. Thirteen Egyptians have died.

Indonesia, meanwhile, has confirmed a 29-year-old man died of H5N1 bird flu infection, according to reports from various media outlets. This is the 74th human death in Indonesia from the virus.

Government officials say the man was hospitalized for nearly a week before passing away last Thursday. The man lived in Central Java Province, and officials believed that he might have contracted bird flu through close contact with infected poultry.