Bird Flu Kills Vietnam Teenager, Virus Fears Rise
Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:27 PM ET
HANOI (Reuters) - An 18-year-old girl has died of bird flu in southern Vietnam and the first confirmed human infection in the country's north has raised concerns about possible human-to-human transmission of the virus.
The girl died in a Ho Chi Minh City hospital on Wednesday after battling the highly virulent H5N1 strain for nearly two weeks since she was hospitalized on Jan. 6 from the southern province of Tien Giang, the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper said.
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