World Health Organization Announcement.

Avian influenza – situation in Lao People's Democratic Republic – update

8 March 2007

The Ministry of Health in Lao People's Democratic Republic has confirmed the country's first death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 15-year-old female from Vientiane, whose infection was announced 27 February, died on 7 March after being hospitalized in neighboring Thailand.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_03_08/en/index.html

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This means that it has mutated and humans are now susceptible to infection.

Dixie