Chinese Bird Flu Death Was Mutant Strain, Say Health Experts

The strain of H5N1 avian influenza that infected and killed a man in Shenzhen, China, was a mutant strain of the deadly virus, according to Chinese and Hong Kong media reports.
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Chinese Bird Flu Death Was Mutant Strain, Say Health Experts
Workers place dead chickens into plastic bags after they were killed at a live chicken distribution centre in Hong Kong on December 21. Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus. (Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images)
1/3/2012
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10/1/2015
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Hong Kong H5N1 Workers place dead chickens into plastic bags