Mystery of Chinese bird flu outbreak grows

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Mystery of Chinese bird flu outbreak grows

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/data-bird-flu-raises-questions-human-transmission-072712645.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FotWkU6D9h9qS2gjR8NA3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-19T123240Z_3_CBRE93I0KPG00_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BIRDFLU-CHINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employees dispose uninfected dead birds at a treatment plant as part of preventive measures against the H7N9 bird flu in Guangzhou" align="left" title="Employees dispose uninfected dead birds at a treatment plant as part of preventive measures against the H7N9 bird flu in Guangzhou" border="0" /></a>By Megha Rajagopalan and Kate Kelland BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - Health officials raised further questions on Friday about the source of a new strain of bird flu infecting humans in China after data indicated that more than half of patients had had no contact with poultry. The H7N9 virus has been found in 87 people, mostly in eastern China, and killed 17. But it is not clear how people are becoming infected and the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is no evidence of the most worrying scenario - sustained transmission between people. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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