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Cats could hold key to spread of avian flu virus
Telegraph.co.uk
June 13, 2006

Cats should become a new focus of efforts to understand and prevent the spread of avian flu, according to government advisers.

In a review of the science underpinning the contingency plans drawn up by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), Prof Jeffrey Waage, a member of Defra's Science Advisory Group's Epidemic Diseases sub-group, said: "The ability of mammals to contract and transmit the avian influenza virus has important human health implications.

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