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Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
( Wiley-Blackwell ) In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus in Southeast Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fears were never realized, and now research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology reveals why the global spread of bird flu by direct migration of ...