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Published online 27 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030324-5
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Flu evolution modelled
Mathematics may boost vaccine development.
A new mathematical model of influenza evolution could be a step towards the development of more effective flu vaccines.
Every year new flu strains replace old ones, rendering vaccines obsolete.
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