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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA--The rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus--so far--is working exactly as Australian animal-control and health officials hoped when they released the deadly agent last fall in a controversial effort to combat a century-old plague of European rabbits. With a fatality rate of 95% in some regions, the virus is clearing the way for a rejuvenation of species ranging from the showy groundsel shrub to the western gray kangaroo.
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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)