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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Stopping Asia's Avian Flu: A Worrisome Third Outbreak
Dennis Normile
TOKYO--Health officials are racing to contain an avian influenza outbreak that surfaced in South Korea in December, then in Japan and Vietnam early this month.