INDONESIA - The recent family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Indonesia marks the first time laboratory tests confirmed human-to-human transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported . Though this WHO report not released as press release, rather The WHO discussed some of its findings concerning the cluster at the end of a 3-day meeting in Jakarta, according to reports. The agency presented a report on the cluster to the Indonesian government without releasing it to the news media. But the Associated Press (AP) said it had obtained a copy. According to the International Herald Tribune report, the first five family members who got sick had identical strains of H5N1, one that is common in animals in Indonesia. But the virus mutated slightly in the 10-year-old boy.

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