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Evidence for a gastrointestinal route for human avian influenza infection should be interpreted cautiously, according to Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
As the H5N1 virus continues its global march amid fears that it may mutate to become more easily transmissible, a study published last year suggesting a gastrointestinal portal is getting renewed attention.
Last year, Dr. Menno D. de Jong, head of the virology department at the Oxford University Clinical...
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