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Czech researchers exposed to bird flu virus

PRAGUE, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen Czech researchers have been exposed to the H5N1 bird flu virus strain through a contaminated vaccine obtained from an Austrian company, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The 13 people who had contact with the ferrets were in danger but were not infected with the lethal virus, said Josef Duben, a spokesman for the Czech veterinary authority.

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2nd soldier at Missouri base dies of meningitis

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) - A second soldier stationed at the Army's Fort Leonard Wood has died of meningitis, officials said Tuesday.

Leonard Wood officials said Pvt. Randy Stabnick, 28, of South Bend, Ind., died Tuesday at a hospital in Springfield.

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