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2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu

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The Associated Press

BEIJING — Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said it wasn't clear how they were infected but there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

A third person, a woman in the nearby province of Anhui, also contracted the H7N9 strain and was in critical condition, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a report on its website March 31.

There was no sign that any of the three, who were infected. . .

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