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H5N1 mutated in Indonesia, stayed in cluster
Reuters
June 23, 2006

The H5N1 bird flu virus mutated somewhat among Indonesians in the largest known human cluster, but did not evolve into a more transmissible form, the World Health Organization(WHO) said on Friday.

A spokeswoman for the U.N. agency, Maria Cheng, said the result came from its investigation into a cluster of cases in northern Sumatra, where the virus killed seven members of a single family in May.

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