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Published online 19 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040315-13
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Bushmeat seeds new virus
Wild primate virus in African hunters warns of next pandemic.
Hunting and butchering of bushmeat is infecting people in Central Africa with a new virus, scientists say. The virus hasn't caused illness in those infected, but its spread hints that future pandemics might follow HIV out of the jungle.
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