JAKARTA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A teenage girl suspected of suffering from bird flu in Central Java of Indonesia died on Friday after being hospitalized for four days, The Jakarta Post reported.

    Agus Suryanto, a physician from the Kariadi public hospital, said that the 15-year old girl died from respiratory failure after suffering from fever exceeding 39 Celsius degree.

    "There was a chance that she got infected by bird flu as she had been living nearby a chicken abattoir," said the physician.

    He said that the hospital had taken and diagnosed a blood sample from the deceased but had yet to know the result of the test.