Bird Flu Causes 17th Death in China
Written by admin on December 2nd, 2007
A man from the coastal province of Jiangsu has died of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The 24-year-old man was hospitalized on Tuesday and once in the hospital he deteriorated very fast.
Around 200 people have died from the bird flu sense it became prevalent in 2003.
It is feared that the H5N1 strain of bird flu may mutate into something that can easily be transfered from human to human. This could spark a global pandemic.
Tags: Bird flu, H5N1
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