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China's Yunnan reports another H5N1 bird flu human case

(Xinhua)    10:04, March 26, 2015
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KUNMING, March 25 -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province reported a new human infection of the H5N1 strain of bird flu Wednesday, two days after another human case was reported.

The patient, 17, lives in Wuhua District in Kunming, the provincial capital, according to the provincial health authority. The teenager showed symptoms on March 13 and tested positive for avian flu Wednesday.

On Monday, a 34-year-old man in Kunming was found to be infected with H5N1. He is in a stable condition.

The potentially fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu is highly contagious.

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