Cambodian authorities tested more people for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza after reporting that an 11-year-old girl infected with bird flu died on Wednesday, in the first known human case since 2014
The victim's father, who was part of a group the girl had been in contact with in a province east of the capital Phnom Penh, tested positive for the virus but did not exhibit any symptoms, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a statement on Friday.
The statement did not disclose the test results of others in the group and did not specify how the victim's father had contracted the virus, commonly known as bird flu. The girl's case was the first known human infection with the H5N1 strain in the Southeast Asian country since 2014, Bunheng had said on Thursday.
The girl from Prey Veng province was diagnosed with bird flu after falling sick with a high fever and cough on Feb. 16, the statement said.
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