Tally of Human Bird Flu Cases Rises to 160 (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_he_me/un_bird_flu_tally"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.ist10501301248.turkey_bird_flu_ist105.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=KlNc20Nkp35HgubcUxDRzw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="A Turkish Agriculture Ministry employee exits from a coop with geese he collected poultry for culling in the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit, in this Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, file photo. A bird flu outbreak that killed four children in the month of January seems to have stabilized after authorities destroyed 1.5 million fowl to contain the virus, and no human cases have been reported since Jan. 18. But Turkey still faces a threat from the lethal H5N1 bird flu strain. Although it has not proved as deadly in Turkey as in East Asia, where more than half of those infected have died, U.N. experts warn that does not mean the virus was becoming less dangerous. A senior EU health official warned Friday Jan. 27 , 2006, that more Turkish cases of bird flu in humans are likely. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.N. health agency on Tuesday raised to 160 its official tally of people worldwide who have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus after laboratory tests in London confirmed that at least 12 people in Turkey have been infected with the disease.</p><br clear=all>