Tests on two dead Iranians show H5N1 - official

TEHRAN, May 22 (Reuters) Tests in Iran on the bodies of a 41-year-old man and his 26-year-old sister showed they had the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, an Iranian medical official who requested anonymity told Reuters today.

He said serum samples would be sent abroad for further testing. If confirmed in international laboratories, these would be the first human bird flu deaths in Iran.

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