Teenager dies of bird flu in Egypt, bringing nation's toll to 14

CAIRO, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - A 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Egypt, bringing the Arab country's death toll to 14, the Egyptian Health Ministry said Wednesday.

The girl, identified as Marianna Kameel Mikhail, died Tuesday night at a hospital in the capital, Cairo. She was admitted with fever last week, and tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Doctors say the girl had direct contact with farm poultry before being hospitalized.

Egypt is among the countries worst affected by bird flu, with 34 human cases detected there in the past year alone. Fourteen of those infected have died, with twenty others surviving.