# 1112
The 33 year-old suspect, who first came to our attention on Monday, apparently has tested positive in initial testing. A second, confirmatory test is required before he will be judged to be infected.
As far as how this patient contracted the disease?
He apparently purchased and `processed' a chicken from a local market.
But it is, we must remember, perfectly safe to consume infected poultry. All that is required is that the bird be cooked thoroughly.
And that you wear a Level IV Bio-Suit when you process it.
Indonesian man suspected of having bird flu
www.chinaview.cn
2007-09-05 13:48:04
JAKARTA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 33-year-old Indonesian man, who is being treated at a hospital in Riau province, has been suspected of having avian influenza, as an initial laboratory test showed he is positively having the disease, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
Health authorities were waiting for the second laboratory test for confirmation that he was positive of having H5N1 virus, an official of anti-bird flu center of the ministry Joko Suyono told Xinhua.
Should the man confirmed, he would be the 105 person infected by the disease in Indonesia, which so far has 84 fatalities, making it the hardest-hit country by bird flu.
The official said that the man has historical contact with chicken before he got the germs of the disease on Aug. 25.
"He processed chicken that he bought from nearby market," said Suyono.
Three days after the man felt the germ of the disease, he was admitted in Santa Maria hospital of Pekan Baru, the capital of the province on Aug. 28 and then on Sept. 2 he was admitted to bird-flu designed hospital of Arifin Ahmad in the capital.
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