Northwest passenger tests positive for influenza, type unknown

NARITA, Japan - A Japanese woman, covered with a black blanket, heads for stairs with the help of quarantine officials from the boarding bridge at Narita airport on April 30 amid growing fears of a possible outbreak of swine flu. She was taken to a hospital after testing positive for an unspecified type of influenza on arriving at the airport east of Tokyo aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles.

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