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Researchers gain traction in race against pandemics

A panel of experts in epidemiology and microbiology considered the inevitability of the transmission of animal viruses to human populations at "A Dangerous Leap: Animal-to-Human Transmission of Disease," the 13th annual Dorothy N. Stratton Lecture on Critical Issues.

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