"WHO team to help probe Turkey bird flu deaths
Thu Jan 5, 2006 12:48 PM GMT14
By Richard Waddington
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday sent a team of experts to Turkey to help investigate the deaths of two teenagers from suspected bird flu, a senior official said.
The team, which had been requested by Ankara, included epidemiologists who would try to verify the source of the deadly virus which is believed to have killed a brother and sister in a remote rural district of Turkey near the Armenian border."
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