Via Reuters: Indonesia girl tests positive for bird flu--official. Excerpt:
A 6-year-old Indonesian girl tested positive for bird flu on Tuesday, a government official said, as the World Health Organisation ruled out human transmission in a village with a series of confirmed and suspected bird flu cases.
The girl from Bekasi, an eastern suburb of Jakarta, is the 60th case of avian influenza in Indonesia, 46 of which have been fatal.
"The girl is still alive and receiving treatment in hospital. She is getting better," I Nyoman Kandun, director general of communicable disease control, told reporters.
If this little girl is beating the odds—a 76 percent death rate in Indonesian confirmed cases—she is a very lucky kid. But what are Dr. Kandun's people doing to track down the source of her infection in Bekasi?
