Indonesian woman dies in suspected bird flu case
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-26 09:40

A 27-year-old Indonesian woman died in a Jakarta hospital on Monday after suffering from suspected bird flu, a doctor said.

Sardikin Giriputro, deputy head of the hospital designated by the government to treat patients with suspected bird flu cases, said the patient died early on Monday and had been admitted on Thursday.

Preliminary tests showed the woman suffered from bird flu, he said.

"We did serology tests and the results showed positive of bird flu," Giriputro told Reuters, adding officials would extract lung tissue to determine final results.

He also said an eight year-old boy who was declared positive of bird flu last week proved negative after follow-up tests.

The avian bird flu has killed four people nationwide in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, not counting the woman who died on Monday.