Egyptian girl dies of bird flu virus - agency

Mon May 18, 2009 8:04am EDT

CAIRO May 18 (Reuters) - A 4-year-old Egyptian girl has died after contracting the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Monday.

The girl, from the Nile Delta province of Daqahlia, brings the number of human cases of avian influenza in Egypt to 72, MENA said. Of those, 27 have died. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston)



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