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Turkish girl dies from suspected bird flu
Reuters ^
| Jan 15, 2006
| Enis Durak
Posted on 01/15/2006 7:38:20 PM PST by Dichroic
A Turkish girl died on Sunday from suspected bird flu, while her brother was critically ill in hospital after testing positive for the virus.
Although the Health Ministry said initial tests on 12-year-old Fatma Ozcan proved negative, doctors still suspect she contracted the deadly disease.
If both siblings are confirmed to have bird flu, it would bring the number of human cases in Turkey to 20.
The ministry said tests on her brother Muhammet, 5, showed he has the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has already killed three other children in Dogubayazit, the same town in eastern Van province that the Ozcan family come from.
The H5N1 virus has been found in wild birds and poultry across large parts of Turkey, particularly in poor villages stretching from Istanbul at the gates of Europe to Van near the Iranian and Iraqi borders.
"The girl who was under treatment in Van, Fatma Ozcan, died today of lung failure. She couldn't be saved," the Health Ministry said in a statement.
" Separately, Van university hospital doctor Huseyin Avni Sahin told reporters: "Fatma Ozcan died today from suspected avian influenza, she came from Dogubayazit five days ago."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1918; avianflu; birdflu; h5n1; pandemic; turkey
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And so it continues.
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http://www.curevents.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=40
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posted on
01/15/2006 7:38:22 PM PST
by
Dichroic
To: Dichroic
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posted on
01/15/2006 7:39:05 PM PST
by
samtheman
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To: neverdem; blam; flutters; txflake; EBH; Mother Abigail; HAL9000; syriacus; Timedrifter; Alex-DV; ...
Bird flu *apparently* kills again ping
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posted on
01/15/2006 7:44:40 PM PST
by
Dichroic
To: Dichroic
..was this Turkish Girl, who kissed the bird on its' beak?
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posted on
01/15/2006 7:51:04 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: Dichroic
All these sibling deaths - bad news. Human-to-human jump in Turkey?
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posted on
01/15/2006 7:58:10 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Gingrich/North '08)
To: samtheman
Slight edit to your pun - Turkey bird flu. Then again "bird flu" by itself provides a pun. Humor is sadistic but also a good way to handle fear and tragedy.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:06:44 PM PST
by
FARS
To: txflake
All the deaths have been from members of two extended families that live near each other. This could mean that they all ate the same infected food/breathed the same air/touched the same infected surfaces, or it could mean that it's become transmissable between humans.
To: Dichroic
Had it been a boy, the Mullahs would be greatly saddened.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:07:27 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: jerrynadler
"We should be shooting all migratory birds without limit--emmediately."
I suspect the absence of migratory birds would have a negative impact on the ecosystem.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:09:24 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: gondramB
We should be shooting all migratory birds
It sure beats having personal property/livestock confiscated, killed, burned, buried w/o reason or further testing.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:30:04 PM PST
by
Mrs. Shawnlaw
(Rock beats scissors, don't run with rocks. NRA)
To: Mrs. Shawnlaw
"It sure beats having personal property/livestock confiscated, killed, burned, buried w/o reason or further testing."
Good point.
Let's hope it doesnt come to a choice between killing all the wild birds and killing all the domestics ones.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:33:40 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: skinkinthegrass
Not that I know of, she had been handling chicken to eat for dinner.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:34:32 PM PST
by
Dichroic
To: DrGunsforHands
they all ate the same infected food/breathed the same air/touched the same infected surfaces, or it could mean that it's become transmissable between humans. 40:60 probabilities.
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:34:52 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Gingrich/North '08)
To: DrGunsforHands
"All the deaths have been from members of two extended families that live near each other. This could mean that they all ate the same infected food/breathed the same air/touched the same infected surfaces, or it could mean that it's become transmissable between humans." I think the oldest to have died is the 12 year old girl. I know it is common practice for the children to do the killing and cleaning of the chicken before cooking. But still no adults affected?
Bird Flu May Over-Stimulate Immune Response System
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posted on
01/15/2006 8:36:06 PM PST
by
blam
To: FARS
To: Dichroic
Not that I know of, she had been handling chicken to eat for dinner...there was a report, of a (Turkish?) girl kissing a bird on its' beak...on a P.C. crawl (not CAW :) line.
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posted on
01/15/2006 9:21:55 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: blam
15-year-old Fatma Kocyigit was oldest to have died so far
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posted on
01/15/2006 9:31:58 PM PST
by
Dichroic
To: Dichroic
"15-year-old Fatma Kocyigit was oldest to have died so far. Okay. Still a youngster with a strong immune system.
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posted on
01/15/2006 9:44:38 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
"15-year-old Fatma Kocyigit was oldest to have died so far.>>> Okay. Still a youngster with a strong immune system.>>>>
Guess the kids do all the dirty work cleaning and plucking the chickens and that accounts for the strange anomaly of only dead young people so far.
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posted on
01/15/2006 9:49:21 PM PST
by
Dichroic
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