The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found among one family in the country.
Briand said it was not yet clear whether there had been any human-to-human transmission, which was a key reason to focus on the cases in Cambodia, or if the two cases were due to the "same environmental conditions," likely close contact with infected birds or other animals.
However, unlike earlier outbreaks, this subtype of H5N1 is not causing significant illness in people. So far, only about a half dozen cases have been reported to the World Health Organization in people who had close contact with infected birds, and most of those have been mild.
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