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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Cambodia Outbreak Is Unlikely to Be Influenza

Hat tip Tetano
By JAMES HOOKWAY

International health officials investigating the outbreak of an unidentified disease in Cambodia that has killed more than 60 children since early April say it is unlikely to be a form of influenza, but they still face a long struggle to identify the precise nature of the illness.

Describing the initial finding as "positive," World Health Organization physician and public-health specialist Nima Asgari said the mystery illness "doesn't look like any kind of influenza."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303684004577508372906028072.html?mod=googlenews_wsj