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Nature 438, 134-135 (10 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438134a; Published online 9 November 2005

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Deadly flu virus can be sent through the mail

Andreas von Bubnoff

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US lab agrees to share reconstructed pandemic strain.

The reconstructed version of the flu virus that caused the 1918 world pandemic will be mailed to registered labs that ask for it, despite previous assurances to the contrary, Nature has learned.The DNA sequence of the virus, which killed some 50 million people when it swept the globe in 1918–19, was reported by US researchers last month (J.

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