New China H7N9 bird flu cases 'signal potential winter epidemic'

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New China H7N9 bird flu cases 'signal potential winter epidemic'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-h7n9-bird-flu-cases-signal-potential-winter-213611808.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SyVm8mWwUgb2qlElCy3P.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-23T083423Z_2071565084_GM1E9AN12QJ01_RTRMADP_3_BIRDFLU-MUTATIONS-SCIENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of doctors and nurses attending a training course for the treatment of the H7N9 virus at a hospital in Hangzhou" align="left" title="File photo of doctors and nurses attending a training course for the treatment of the H7N9 virus at a hospital in Hangzhou" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Fresh human cases in eastern China of a deadly new strain of bird flu signal the potential for &quot;a new epidemic wave&quot; of the disease in coming winter months, scientists said on Thursday. The strain, known as H7N9, emerged for the first time in humans earlier this year and killed around 45 of the some 135 people it infected before appearing to peter out in China During the summer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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