Genetic Clue Pursued in Families Struck by Bird Flu, By Alan Sipress
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Buenah's teenage daughter lay sprawled on a hospital bed, under observation for bird flu. In an adjacent room, her haggard husband was sitting wrapped in a gray blanket, also under treatment for the virus.
Her two other children had already died from it.
Indrawati, 14, was treated at a hospital in Bandung, Indonesia, after exhibiting bird flu symptoms. She recovered, but two of her siblings died. Experts want to know why some but not all members of her family fell ill.
"I don't know exactly why I'm healthy," Buenah admitted from a cot where she was keeping vigil late last month for her family. "I don't have a fever, a cough or other symptoms. I really don't know why not."
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Buenah's teenage daughter lay sprawled on a hospital bed, under observation for bird flu. In an adjacent room, her haggard husband was sitting wrapped in a gray blanket, also under treatment for the virus.
Her two other children had already died from it.
Indrawati, 14, was treated at a hospital in Bandung, Indonesia, after exhibiting bird flu symptoms. She recovered, but two of her siblings died. Experts want to know why some but not all members of her family fell ill.
"I don't know exactly why I'm healthy," Buenah admitted from a cot where she was keeping vigil late last month for her family. "I don't have a fever, a cough or other symptoms. I really don't know why not."
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