Child Killer

There seems to be increasing evidence that children are most at risk for contracting the H5N1 avian flu virus. 'Turkey's children were on the frontline of the bird flu crisis plaguing the country, as an 11-year-old suspected of having the virus died and nearly a dozen other children continued to fight the illness.'

Doctors battled to save a five-year-old with the most severe case among the 12 bird flu patients currently being treated in Turkey, three days after the virus claimed the life of his 16-year-old sister.

'All but two of the 21 human cases in Turkey are children, aged two to 18, including also three other siblings who have perished since January 1.'
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