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New research predicts US entry of H5N1 avian influenza

Scientists at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo predict that bird flu will most likely be introduced to countries in the Western Hemisphere through infected poultry trade rather than from migrating birds from eastern Siberia, as previously thought. The research will be published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in December.

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