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No huge surprise here, since he tested negative for the virus upon his return from Pakistan. An antibody test shows whether a person has been exposed to a virus, whether they were sickened by it or not, and must be run several weeks after exposure.
A hat tip to Crof on Crofsblog for picking up this story.
Tests show US man, member of Pakistan bird flu family, never contracted virus
Provided by: Canadian Press
Written by: Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Jan. 9, 2008
Blood testing has confirmed that a U.S. resident whose brother was Pakistan's first confirmed case of H5N1 infection never contracted the disease.
The New York State health department revealed that the man's blood showed no antibodies to H5N1, indicating he had not caught the virus while attending his brother's funeral in Pakistan late last year.
"His final test came back. He showed no avian flu and no antibodies to avian flu, which means he never got it," Claudia Hutton, the department's director of public affairs, said in an interview from Albany.
