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One of Two Hotly Debated H5N1 Papers Finally Published

Hot spots. Three mutations in or near hemagglutinin's binding site (yellow) and one on its stalk increased transmissibility.
Credit: H.-L. Yen and J. S. M. Peiros, Nature, Adavanced Online Edition, (2012)
2 May 2012
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/05/one-of-two-hotly-debated-h5n1-pa.html [no comments yet]

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Virology: Bird flu in mammals
02 May 2012
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11192.html