The Canadian case also is the first case of H5N1 infection ever imported by a traveler into a country where the virus is not present in poultry . The Alberta resident who died of H5N1 had recently traveled to Beijing , health minister says . The death was `` an isolated case ; '' Canadians at little risk , Rona Ambrose says . H5N1 is found mostly in parts of Asia and northeastern Africa . It has killed more than 100 people worldwide since it emerged last year from a bird flu virus that originated in China.
The Alberta resident who died of H5N1 had recently traveled to Beijing , health minister says . The death was `` an isolated case ; '' Canadians at little risk , Rona Ambrose says . H5N1 is found mostly in parts of Asia and northeastern Africa . It has killed more than 100 people worldwide since it emerged last year from a bird flu virus that originated in China.