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Nature 439, 248-249 (19 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439248a; Published online 18 January 2006

Alarms ring over bird flu mutations

Declan Butler

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Turkish virus shows increased affinity for humans.

Scientists studying virus samples from the human outbreak of avian flu in Turkey have identified three mutations in the virus's sequence. They say that at least two of these look likely to make the virus better adapted to humans.

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