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Biotech / Medical : Avian ("Bird") Flu Stocks

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From: Rutgers	11/15/2005 7:49:01 PM
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UPDATE 1-China says boy tests positive for bird flu-HK paper Tuesday 15 November 2005, 6:59pm EST today.reuters.com HONG KONG, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official says H5N1 antibodies have been detected in a nine-year-old boy in Hunan province, the first admission of a human bird flu infection in China, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. The paper, quoting Qi Xiaoqiu, director of the Ministry of Health's department of disease control, said the government was waiting for the results of a joint investigation with the World Health Organisation before confirming whether the boy was the first human case of avian influenza on the mainland. "During the early stage, antibodies were not found, but now the boy is positive to antibody tests," the paper quoted Qi as saying. "We are waiting for the advice of the WHO. The WHO has a set of procedures to confirm a case and it usually takes two laboratories to confirm." He Junyao and his 12-year-old sister fell ill last month and were treated for pneumonia symptoms. The boy was discharged from hospital last weekend but his sister died. Chinese officials said initial tests showed she had tested negative for bird flu....

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