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Avian Flu Virus Growing Similar to Lethal 'Spanish Flu'

The strain of avian influenza that has led to the deaths of 140 million birds and 60 people in Asia in the past two years appears to be slowly acquiring the genetic changes characteristic of the "Spanish flu" virus that killed 50 million people nearly a century ago.
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By David Brown

 
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