A 14-year old Indonesian boy who had been treated in a hospital for having avian influenza died on Jan. 10 2007.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    JAKARTA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 14-year old Indonesian boy who had been treated in a hospital for having avian influenza died on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the virus to 58 in the country, according to Indonesian Health Ministry.

    The boy was from West Jakarta and had been treated in Rawamangun Hospital since last Friday, official of the Anti-Bird Flu center of the ministry Rumizar Rusin said, adding that the boy died at 11:55 Wednesday morning local time.

    Rusin said that there were many ducks died around the boy's house before and at the time when the boy got the symptoms of the disease.

    A team from Agriculture Ministry has been deployed to investigate the animal death, he said.

    Indonesia, which has been hit by the virus, has become one of the front lines in fighting against the H5N1 virus.