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Published online 29 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040628-13

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Avian flu grows more virulent

Virologists urge surveillance of possible outbreaks.

The bird flu virus is mutating and becoming more dangerous to mammals, say researchers. The discovery reinforces fears that a human pandemic of the disease could yet occur.

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