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Two swine flu cases successfully treated in Turkey
May 21, 2009, 13:36 GMT
Ankara - Two people infected with the A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, were on Thursday discharged from a hospital in Istanbul having recovered completely, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The two US nationals were hospitalized last week after displaying flu symptoms upon their arrival at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. Laboratory tests later found they had caught the A(H1N1) strain of the virus.
The two had flown from the United States to Istanbul via Amsterdam and were planning on continuing on to Iraq.
Haseki Research Hospital head doctor Haldun Erturk told Anadolu that the pair had both fully recovered and after one week's treatment had tested negative to the A(H1N1) virus.
No other cases of swine flu have been recorded in Turkey.
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