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Indonesia's track record for human cases of H5N1 infection recovering has been abysmal. The mortality rate there has reached 80%, while in Egypt the mortality rate is half that.
Recently, researchers from Australia have indicated the virus may be showing signs of resistance to Tamiflu, an allegation that the Indonesian Health Minister has denied.
This latest case, that of a 3 year-old girl, indicates that the Tamiflu may be effective at least some of the time. She reportedly received treatment early, and is recovering.
Indonesia bird flu victim in recovery
Sat Jun 23, 1:11 PM ET
JAKARTA (AFP) - A three-year-old who tested positive for bird flu has recovered from the potentially deadly illness after swift treatment, a doctor said Saturday.
The girl, admitted to the regional hospital in Pekanbaru, on Sumatra island with bird flu symptoms, had contact with dead chickens that also tested positive with the disease.
"Lab results for the girl, Vivi, came up positive on Friday, but she's now recovering quite well. She had no fever but we are keeping her for observation for another week," the hospital's bird flu team leader Azizman Daad told AFP.
The girl is Indonesia's 101st case. Indonesia has been the worst hit by the deadly H5N1 virus, with 80 fatalities to date.
Daad said the girl had been treated with tamiflu as soon as she was admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
