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March 12, 2007

Indonesian Woman Hospitalized With Bird Flu
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=169CE48:A6F02AD83191E160EBBD4E77853D7B0B9574F7DCC14957C0 Twenty-year-old
woman is from East Java province; bird flu killed more people in
Indonesia than any other country 





Vendor unloads crates of chickens from truck at chicken market in
JakartaIndonesian health officials say a woman has been hospitalized
in Surabaya with bird flu.

Officials said Monday the 20-year-old woman is from East Java
province.

Bird flu has killed 63 people in Indonesia - more than in any other
country.

Meanwhile, Burma's official newspaper says experts have confirmed an
outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in two Burmese townships.

The New Light of Myanmar says the virus was detected last month on
farms in Mayangon and Hlinethaya. Authorities have sprayed the area
with pesticide to prevent the disease from spreading.

The newspaper says experts from the U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organization confirmed the outbreak last week using bacteria samples
from dead chickens.

Bird flu mainly affects poultry and has forced farmers to slaughter
millions of birds in recent years. The disease has also killed 168
people since late 2003. Most of the victims contracted the virus from
infected birds.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.




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