Turkey: Testing Underway On Bird Flu Suspects

 

 

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From the Avian Influenza Daily Digest, we get the following report out of Turkey where several villagers have taken sick after consuming `sick chickens'.

 

Two remain hospitalized, as tests for the H5N1 virus are pending.

 

 

 

 

Turkey: 5 Hospitalized due to Suspected AI in Ortaklar Village

12/1/08 ARGUS--A regional source reports that 5 people in Ortaklar Village, Vezirkopru District who were visiting each other were hospitalized at Vezirkopru Government Hospital due to suspected avian influenza (AI) after consuming an unspecified number of sick chickens and complaining of fever and nausea. According to the source, laboratory tests are underway. Reportedly, 1 child and 1 adult remain hospitalized. 3 were discharged.

Article URL(s)
http://www.halkgazetesi.com.tr/news_detail.php?id=13152

 

 

The original article, appearing in Halk, has a picture of a woman and a child in what appears to be a hospital room.  Neither appear to be in distress.

 

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Unfortunately, a machine translation of the article doesn't shed much light on the story. 

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