Chance of bird flu mutating into virus transmissible between humans is "very low".
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SUBMITTER: Day M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1440645 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
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Chance of bird flu mutating into virus transmissible between humans is "very low".
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20060401 7546
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