Bangkok Woman Contracts Bird Flu
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A woman in a northern suburb of Bangkok has been diagnosed with bird flu (search), Thailand's 20th victim of the disease since 2003, a health official said Monday.
The 50-year-old woman is in stable condition in Bangkok's (search) Siriraj hospital, Deputy Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
The woman fell ill a day after helping clean a chicken coop, said Thawat Suntarajarn, director-general of Thailand's Department of Communicable Disease Control.
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Of the 20 people who have gotten the virus, 13 have died.
All three of Thailand's (search) cases this year were reported in October. Besides the 50-year-old woman reported Monday, a 48-year-old man died after handling his neighbors' sick chickens. The man's 7-year-old son also contracted the disease after handling the birds.