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Chinese Government Suspects Human-to-Human Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu
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Experts mystified by how new strain of bird flu infects humans with no apparent contact“To me, the biggest question is the link between the virus in birds and how it gets to humans. This is not clear,” said Dr.
Bai Chunxue, a prominent respiratory expert in Shanghai..
Chinese health officials have said people may be getting sick from direct contact with infected live birds, pointing to
cases of patients who have been working in the poultry trade.
However, as China continues to report new cases, about 40 per cent of patients have no apparent history of exposure to
poultry or other birds, making the virus “very difficult to understand,” said Dr. Masato Tashiro, director of WHO’s
influenza research centre in Tokyo.
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