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Bird flu patient receives treatment in hospital
(Newsphoto)
Updated: 2006-04-28 22:35

A doctor tells storys to a girl with a respirometer in a hospital in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province, April 28, 2006. The eight-year-old girl, surnamed Sun showed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on April 16. Investigators report that poultry deaths occurred in the patient's house before she caught the deadly disease. China has reported 18 human cases of bird flu, which have resulted in 12 deaths. [Newsphoto]


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