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Science 20 January 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5759, pp. 315 - 316
DOI: 10.1126/science.311.5759.315
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AVIAN INFLUENZA:
WHO Proposes Plan to Stop Pandemic in Its Tracks

Dennis Normile

Ever since the H5N1 avian influenza strain began racing through Asia 2 years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been urging the world to prepare for a possible pandemic. Now it is going a step further, planning a rapid response that just might quash a pandemic before it starts. (Read more.)

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