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Article: Hong Kong bird flu concerns isle officials

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December 25, 1997
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With Hawaii a gateway for Far East visitors and viruses, state health officials are closely monitoring Hong Kong's bird flu.

Today the Hong Kong government reported that four more suspected cases of the flu have surfaced.

So far, nine cases have been confirmed and three people have died.

There is no vaccine for the virus, which until this year was found only in birds.

Some chickens on sale in Hong Kong, believed to be from China, were found to carry the H5NI virus strain.

"A few things are reassuring despite the fact that it seems to be a new virus," said Dr. Paul V. Effler, Hawaii's state epidemiologist and acting Communicable Disease Division chief.

Although Hong Kong has a population of ...

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