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Published online 28 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030324-11
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Portrait of a probable killer
Viral double act implicated in 'killer flu' epidemic.
If scientists' hunch proves correct, the mystery 'killer flu' that has killed more than 50 people in Asia and beyond is an infection like none seen before.
Suspicions are growing that the culprit is an unassuming virus called a coronavirus.
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