The brother also died, but he was cremated before an autopsy could be performed and it could not be determined whether he was the original source. His wife also contracted bird flu but has since recovered.
Vietnamese hospital officials in Ho Chi Minh City said the teenage boy who died on Monday had caught the virus after eating meat from a chicken with avian influenza.
“Bird flu remains a serious public and animal health threat and continues to spread,” said He Changchui of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. “The eruption of new infection cases in Thailand, China and Vietnam shows that the disease is far from being under control.
Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/127654.htm
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