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                   Bird Flu Kills 4-Year-Old Boy in Indonesia

   by VOA News

   Indonesian officials say a four-year-old boy has died from bird flu,
   the 10th fatal case in the country this year.
   The health ministry said Tuesday the boy likely contracted the H5N1
   virus after playing with dead birds outside his home west of the
   capital, Jakarta.
   Almost half the estimated 360 people worldwide who have died from avian
   influenza since 2003 have been in Indonesia.
   Last week, fears were raised after the government said a new, highly
   pathogenic strain of the disease recently killed more than 300,000
   ducks on the densely populated island of Java.
   The virus usually only infects humans who come into direct contact with
   diseased birds. Some scientists fear H5N1 could mutate into a form
   readily transmissible between humans, with the potential to cause
   millions of deaths.
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