Conqueror
02-01-2006, 19:57
30 January 2006
The Ministry of Health in Iraq has confirmed the country’s first case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case occurred in a 15-year-old girl who died on 17 January following a severe respiratory illness. Her symptoms were compatible with a diagnosis of H5N1 avian influenza.
The whole article. (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_01_30a/en/index.html)
Of all the places in the world, it just had to spread to Iraq now. As if the people there don't have enough problems already. :sad:
The Ministry of Health in Iraq has confirmed the country’s first case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case occurred in a 15-year-old girl who died on 17 January following a severe respiratory illness. Her symptoms were compatible with a diagnosis of H5N1 avian influenza.
The whole article. (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_01_30a/en/index.html)
Of all the places in the world, it just had to spread to Iraq now. As if the people there don't have enough problems already. :sad: