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Article: Girl who died tests positive for H5N1 bird flu, raising human cases in Turkey to 20

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SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-16-2006
Dateline: ANKARA, Turkey
Health authorities said Monday that preliminary tests confirmed that a 12-year-old girl who died was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising Turkey's death toll to four and the number of human cases in the country to 20.

Fatma Ozcan died Sunday in the eastern city of Van, but initial tests had been negative for H5N1. The Health Ministry ordered a new round of tests after her 5-year-old brother, Muhammet, tested positive Sunday, and officials said those confirmed she was infected.

Five patients had been discharged from hospitals as of Monday afternoon, leaving only 11 still in ...

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