# 1054
Frankly, the symptoms don't sound like bird flu, despite the headlines. A viral fever with seizures could be almost anything, and my first thoughts would be of encephalitis or meningitis, not avian flu.
Something to watch, but I'll be surprised if this turns out to be H5N1.
8 Boys with bird flu symptoms admitted to CMC, Vellore
11 Aug 2007, 1844 hrs IST,
VELLORE: Eight boys belonging to Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh were admitted to a hospital here with symptoms similar to 'bird flu', Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly Kutulahamma said.
Kutulahamma, who had come here to visit the boys aged 10-12 years, told reporters that they were suffering from high fever and were having symptoms like epilepsy, arousing suspicion that it could be bird flu.
Bird flu incidence has been reported in Chittoor region and Andhra Pradesh government was conducting tests and taking preventive measures to contain the spread of the deadly disease, she said.
She said a medical team from Chittor has come to Vellore to hold discussions with the doctors at Christian Medical College about the fever.
