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Ryan Fahey

Girl, 11, dies from bird flu in country's first infection of virus since 2014

An 11-year-old girl has died from bird flu in Cambodia in the country's first infection since 2014.

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads in poultry and wasn't deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak among visitors to live poultry markets in Hong Kong.

Most human cases worldwide have involved direct contact with infected poultry, but concerns have arisen recently about infections in a variety of mammals and the possibility the virus could evolve to spread more easily between people.

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