JAKARTA (AP): The daughter of an Indonesian women whotested positive for bird flu has also contracted the virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, in what could be a case of human-to-human transmission.
The 14-year-old girl was in critical condition at a Jakarta hospital, the WHO said on its Web site. The girl's 38-year-old mother has been hospitalized with the bird flu virus since Jan. 26.
"She was exposed to her sick mother... and spent time in a neighborhood where chickens and other birds were found," the WHO statement said, adding the source of infection was still under investigation.
Further tests will be needed to establish whether the daughter contracted the virus from contact with her mother or from an infected chicken or its droppings - the source of most of Indonesia's 103 fatal cases.
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