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Published online 23 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040119-15
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Avian flu raises vaccine questions
Jab could take months to make, say experts.
Researchers eyeing the outbreak of bird flu in Asia are stepping up efforts to ready a vaccine - but the process could take months, they warn.
The vicious strain of avian flu called H5N1 has killed five people in Vietnam, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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