JAKARTA, Jan. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Local test results have shown that an Indonesian man died of the avian influenza after being treated at a hospital here, a spokesman from the hospital said Thursday.

    The latest death could bring total bird flu fatalities to 15 in the country if confirmed by the World Health Organization-sanctioned laboratory in Hong Kong.

    Mohamad Jasinto, 22, a resident in South Jakarta, died after being treated for six days at the Sulianti Saroso Hospital for developing bird flu symptoms, hospital spokesman Dr. Ilham Patu told Xinhua over telephone.

    "The man was a market vendor who admitted that his work place was located near poultry shops. There is a poultry farming in his neighborhood too," he said.

    The hospital, which is specialized in infectious disease, has sent the blood sample to the Hong Kong laboratory for confirmation, he added. Enditem