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Nature 440, 6-7 (2 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440006a; Published online 1 March 2006

Disease surveillance needs a revolution

Declan Butler

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Bird flu has highlighted serious deficiencies in epidemiology.

With avian flu spreading around the world at a frightening rate, scientists are welcoming an international proposal for state-of-the-art labs to monitor emerging diseases in developing countries. But they add that the bird-flu crisis has exposed glaring deficiencies that demand a radical rethink of the world's veterinary and disease-surveillance systems.

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