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. 2007 Nov 20;4(11):e330.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040330.

Sharing H5N1 viruses to stop a global influenza pandemic

Laurie Garrett  1 , David P Fidler
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Sharing H5N1 viruses to stop a global influenza pandemic

Laurie Garrett et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Indonesia's refusal to share samples of H5N1 virus with World Health Organization for most of 2007 is distressing and potentially dangerous for global public health, argue the authors.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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