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Bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia going unstudied

No sequence data” have been acquired from birds for nearly a year.

Nature has learned that very few — if any — avian flu samples from Indonesian birds have been sent to official labs for sequencing over the past year.

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Posted by Michael Hopkin on July 28, 2006 06:03 PM |

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I wanted to compliment Mr. Butler regarding his reports about Indonesia. I and others who follow and participate in Avian Flu forums follow his work closely.

Much of what he reports seems to be have been anticipated by Dr. Henry Niman.

Posted by: Richard Koza | July 29, 2006 03:32 PM

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