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Science 17 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5704, p. 2016
DOI: 10.1126/science.306.5704.2016

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BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR:
Avian Influenza: Catastrophe Waiting in the Wings?

Martin Enserink

Experts fear that H5N1, the avian influenza strain that swept across eastern Asia in 2004, could spawn a new influenza pandemic--a public health disaster of potentially devastating proportions.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Containing Pandemic Influenza at the Source.
I. M. Longini Jr., A. Nizam, S. Xu, K. Ungchusak, W. Hanshaoworakul, D. A. T. Cummings, and M. E. Halloran (2005)
Science 309, 1083-1087
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