Did we miss something? H5N1 causes diarrhea anyway. Why did they think these kids had bf? Did their poultry die? It's worth pointing out how close this is to the family cluster in Iran which tested positive locally for H5N1 but not officially, 3 out of the 5 of which died, and it may also be close to the unspecified area of northern Iran which the Iranian government has been denying rumors of bird flu roughly every five days for the last three weeks. Perhaps Theresa could try and see if she can translate some Turkish articles from the Van area? Map attached.
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Three Children in Hakkari Test Negative for Bird Flu
By Cihan News Agency
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
zaman.com
Three children who were hospitalized on the suspicion of bird flu have tested negative, Van University Hospital announced on Wednesday.
Van hospital said in a statement that the children were suffering from diarrhea. "The children have been treated and discharged from hospital," the statement added.
Three children suffering from what doctors suspected was the bird flu were transferred to Van University Hospital from Hakkari Hospital, where their health condition had initially worsened.
When the parents of the children refused to transfer them to Van, police intervened and forcibly transferred them to Van University Hospital.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has killed 133 people worldwide by July 25, 2006, according to a release by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first Turkish bird flu outbreak appeared in western Turkey in October 2005, but no deaths or infections of humans were reported. In a second outbreak in eastern Turkey in January, the H5N1 virus claimed the lives of four children, aged between 11 and 15, three of whom were siblings.
More than 1.7 million poultry were culled across the country in efforts to contain the second Turkish bird flu outbreak.
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Three Children in Hakkari Test Negative for Bird Flu
By Cihan News Agency
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
zaman.com
Three children who were hospitalized on the suspicion of bird flu have tested negative, Van University Hospital announced on Wednesday.
Van hospital said in a statement that the children were suffering from diarrhea. "The children have been treated and discharged from hospital," the statement added.
Three children suffering from what doctors suspected was the bird flu were transferred to Van University Hospital from Hakkari Hospital, where their health condition had initially worsened.
When the parents of the children refused to transfer them to Van, police intervened and forcibly transferred them to Van University Hospital.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has killed 133 people worldwide by July 25, 2006, according to a release by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first Turkish bird flu outbreak appeared in western Turkey in October 2005, but no deaths or infections of humans were reported. In a second outbreak in eastern Turkey in January, the H5N1 virus claimed the lives of four children, aged between 11 and 15, three of whom were siblings.
More than 1.7 million poultry were culled across the country in efforts to contain the second Turkish bird flu outbreak.
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