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Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 10
19 April 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country’s 32nd case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case occurred in a 24-year-old man from Tangerang, near Greater Jakarta. He developed symptoms on 29 March, was hospitalized on 5 April, and died on 8 April.
His source of exposure is presently under investigation.
Of the 32 laboratory-confirmed cases in Indonesia, 24 have been fatal.
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