Van, Kurdistan (Turkey) - Preliminary Turkish
tests have confirmed that a 12-year-old girl who
died was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of
bird flu, raising Turkey's death toll to four,
health officials said Monday.
Fatma Ozcan died Sunday in the eastern city of Van
(Kurdistan), but initial tests had been negative for
H5N1.
The Health Ministry ordered a new round of tests
after her 5-year-old brother, Muhammet, tested
positive Sunday, and officials said those confirmed
her infection.
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Four members of Ozcan family, after being discharged
from the hospital in Van, Kurdistan (eastern
Turkey). A Turkish hospital was battling to save a
small boy stricken with bird flu, a day after his
sister perished, as doctors warned people in the
flu-plagued country that belated search for medical
help was proving fatal.
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