JAKARTA, March 16 (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Indonesian man has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country from the virus to 65, a health ministry official said on Friday.

The man died at Persahabatan hospital in the capital Jakarta on Thursday morning, Ahmad Prihatna, an epidemiologist at the health ministry's bird flu information centre said by telephone.

The man kept a pet bird in his house, the official added.

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