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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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