Search for Who Data On Bird Flu Raises New Questions About Human Transmission on Bing

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.

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