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| | Turkish Girl Dies; Bird Flu Possible - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | DOGUBAYAZIT, Turkey, Jan. 15 (Reuters) - A Turkish girl suspected of having bird flu died Sunday, and her brother was critically ill after testing positive for the virus, health officials said. |
 | | Initial tests on the girl, Fatma Ozcan, 12, proved negative, but doctors still suspected she had contracted the disease, the Health Ministry said. |
 | | The 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. |
| www.nytimes.com /2006/01/16/health/16flu.html?ex=1295067600&en=07327fd8b8c398a3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (369 words) |
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