Bird flu virulence key concern for scientists
31st Oct 2005, 13:12 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - No one can predict when or where a bird flu virus will mutate into a human pandemic strain, but scientists are preparing so that when it does, they will be ready to pounce on it, a leading virologist says.
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