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| March 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Regional News - So far, the H5N1 avian influenza virus has killed 45 people in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, and six in Hong Kong - all since 1997.

In contrast, malaria, dengue fever and common influenza strains kill tens of thousands worldwide each year. Bird flu's dangers seem pale in comparison.

Yet on Thursday, international health experts at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City called for more than $100 million in aid to fight the H5N1 virus and condemned what they say is a lack of international commitment to control it.

The reason for their alarm is that H5N1 seems to spread especially fast in birds,…

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