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Bangkok Post : Vietnam boy contracts bird flu (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
The patient from the Mekong delta province of Dong Thap was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City's Tropical Diseases Institute Monday and on Wednesday a test came back positive for the virus's H5N1 strain, said Nguyen Van Chau, director of the city's health care department.