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Bird flu kills Indonesian woman

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A 37-year-old woman has died of avian influenza at Jakarta Hospital, Indonesia's Bird Flu Information Center said Friday.

The woman lived in the Tanggerang District, where bird flu deaths have previously occurred, but was the first victim of bird flu in her area, officials said.

She was a housewife who had contact with a dead chicken while preparing a meal.

The latest death is Indonesia's second in 2007 from the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu. Overall, Indonesia has seen 76 cases, 59 of which have been fatal.

Bird flu is continuing to occur in Indonesia, a health official said, because the population still has a low awareness of the virus and how to prevent it.

Most of those killed have been infected by domestic fowl, but the World Health Organization fears the virus could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, sparking a pandemic with the potential to kill millions.

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