FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans (AlertNet) Source: Reuters Dec 28 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the first case of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Pakistan. Laboratory tests ... [News Source]

WHO confirms one person positive for bird flu in Pakistan, more testing ongoing (The Jakarta Post) ISLAMABAD (AP): The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least one person tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Pakistan and medical workers are trying to determine if others were infected, an official said Friday. [News Source]

WHO confirms one person positive for bird flu in Pakistan (Straits Times) ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - THE World Health Organisation has confirmed that at least one person tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Pakistan and medical workers are trying to determine if others were infected, an official said on Friday. [News Source]

WHO confirms one person positive for bird flu in Pakistan (Philstar.com) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least one person tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Pakistan and medical workers are trying to determine if others were infected, an official said. [News Source]

WHO confirms one person positive for bird flu in Pakistan, more testing ongoing (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least one person tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Pakistan and medical workers are trying to determine if others were infected, an official said Friday. [News Source]

Hunters Enlisted In Bird Flu Fight (The Tampa Tribune) Duck hunters, including those prowling the Everglades this winter, are helping scientists nationwide guard against a bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

W. Jakarta authorities search for bird flu (The Jakarta Post) The West Jakarta municipality has been inspecting poultry in Kalideres subdistrict since Thursday, following the death of a 24-year-old woman due to bird flu in the area a day earlier. [News Source]

Two Egyptians test positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Two Egyptians have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a day after an Egyptian woman died of the disease, Egypt's health ministry said on Thursday. [News Source]

Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam. A four-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Vietnam, becoming the country's fifth reported victim of the virus this year, health officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu kills four-year-old boy in Vietnam (PhysOrg) A four-year-old boy in Vietnam has died of bird flu, becoming the country's fifth victim of the H5N1 viral strain reported this year, a health ministry official said Thursday. [News Source]

EGYPT: Another death highlights avian flu threat (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Another human victim of bird flu - the 16th in Egypt - has been registered in the country, underlining the fact that the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, which was first detected in Egypt in February 2006, has not disappeared. [News Source]

Avian flu deaths reported in Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam (Budapest Business Journal) A young woman in Egypt and another of almost the same age in Indonesia died of H5N1 avian influenza yesterday, raising the global H5N1 death toll to 211, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. [News Source]