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. 2007 May 30;65:10–13. doi: 10.1016/S0195-6701(07)60006-1

Avian influenza and the threat of the next human pandemic

Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam 1, Chloe Sellwood 1,*
PMCID: PMC7134460  PMID: 17540233

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