BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 50 percent of patients infected with a new type of bird flu in China had no contact with poultry, the World Health Organization said on Friday, further raising questions about whether the virus was transmitted between humans.
Who Data On Bird Flu Raises New Questions About Human Transmission
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Fri, 04/19/2013 - 12:27am
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