Early detection and rapid response to bird flu, on a global scale, will drastically cut the costs of dealing with a full-blown human flu pandemic, argue Ron Fouchier, Thijs Kuiken, Guus Rimmelzwaan and Albert Osterhaus.
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Fouchier, R., Kuiken, T., Rimmelzwaan, G. et al. Global task force for influenza. Nature 435, 419–420 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435419a
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