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Bureaucracy stymies flu tactics

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Delays in reporting cases jeopardize plans to prevent pandemic.

Cases of humans being infected with bird flu are rising in Asia, and there are worrying signs that the virus is mutating into a more transmissible form. But experts say bureaucratic delays will probably defeat attempts to stop a human pandemic in its tracks.

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