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Published online 9 January 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020107-4
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Cows could foster flu pandemics
Cattle join farmyard of potential influenza carriers.
Cattle could act as a breeding ground for future flu outbreaks. So say researchers tracking emerging strains in animals in the hope of averting further human pandemics.
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