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Nature 435, 131 (12 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/435131a; Published online 11 May 2005

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'Refusal to share' leaves agency struggling to monitor bird flu

Declan Butler

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The WHO isn't being sent samples of deadly H5N1 virus.

Tracking genetic changes in bird-flu viruses is vital for early warning of a human pandemic. But Nature has discovered that it is nearly eight months since the World Health Organization (WHO) last saw data on isolates from infected poultry in Asia.

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