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Egyptian boy contracts bird flu

Source: BBC
Cairo : Egypt | 6 months ago  
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The Egyptian health ministry says the boy is from the Nile Delta region and has been in contact with sick poultry...Since bird flu in Egypt first appeared in 2006, there have been 70 cases of infection and 26 people have died. Egypt is the country worst affected by bird flu outside of Southeast Asia, with...
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