Global surveillance is key to tracking potential pandemic viruses such as H5N1. But we need to share samples more rapidly, increase testing in endemic areas and track more than one virus, argues Walter Boyce.
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Boyce, W. Vigilance is not enough. Nature 450, 791–792 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450791a
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