Bird flu claims 2nd Turkish Child

ANKARA, Turkey --
CNN
Thursday, January 5, 2006

A 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Turkey, becoming the country's second person to succumb to the virus, health officials said Thursda

Fatma Kocyigit's brother, Mehmet Ali Kocyigit, 14, died of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza Sunday.

Test results confirming the lethal strain came back late Wednesday from a facility in Istanbul, Health Minister Recep Akdag said.

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