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Nature 438, 738 (8 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438738c; Published online 7 December 2005

Flu virus will not be sent in the regular US mail

Julie Louise Gerberding1

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA

The headline and photographs of your News story "Deadly flu virus can be sent through the mail" (Nature 438, 134–135; 2005) are misleading with respect to the policy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the transfer and use of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus. They could give the erroneous impression that the virus will be made widely available and sent through the regular US mail.

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