First case of new bird flu strain found outside eastern China

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First case of new bird flu strain found outside eastern China

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-reports-first-suspected-case-bird-flu-strain-010730629.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ft8QEfL6XjXlGl6T1MZXJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-13T013759Z_2_CBRE93C03JX00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BIRDFLU-CHINA-NEW-STRAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A city management officer holds a chicken as a boy rides past in a residential neighbourhood of Jiaxing" align="left" title="A city management officer holds a chicken as a boy rides past in a residential neighbourhood of Jiaxing" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital reported its first case of a new strain of bird flu on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside eastern China. The seven-year-old girl was in stable condition in a Beijing hospital, the report said. Two people who have had close contact with the child had shown no signs of being infected, Xinhua added. The girl's parents worked in the live poultry trade, it said. The website of China's state radio showed a photo of the girl lying in bed, wearing a large blue face mask and with a stuffed doll next to ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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