Poultry worker dies of bird flu in Bali

Published: Aug. 27, 2007 at 2:43 PM

JAKARTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Indonesian health officials say a 28-year-old woman has died of H5N1 avian influenza in Bali.

The woman, who lived in Tabanan District in Bali Province, was a poultry trader. She developed symptoms on Aug. 14, was hospitalized four days later and died on Aug. 21.

The Ministry of Health said the woman had collected poultry from villages where outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry had occurred.

The World Health Organization said there have been 105 cases of H5N1 avian influenza, with 84 of those cases fatal.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
NASA to begin attempts to free Spirit (5 min)
UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (5 min)
Mortgage activity up with rates mixed (6 min)
Atlanta coach, Washington players fined (18 min)
Report: Three UT players arrested (22 min)
U.S. markets head lower Thursday (34 min)
U.S. Airways attendants set to picket (40 min)
fark
Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yeah, Bow wow yippie yo yippie yeah (c)
Welcome to the internet, where men are men, women are men, and that 14 year old girl you're propositioning...
Using only a cell phone and a pelican, man turns his $2 Million Bugatti into a submarine
Unknown substance found on NJ Transit train. Probably cleanser
90% of students at City University of New York can't do basic algebra. So, you know...just like...
"Main Street merchants want crack at market" in Santa Monica, says poorly worded headline. Presumably...