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New Strain of Bird Flu Virus

October 15, 2005
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ATTEMPTS to control the deadly bird flu that threatens a global pandemic could be helping to create a drug-resistant form of the virus, new research suggests.

Scientists have identified a strain of the H5N1 virus in Vietnam that is resistant to Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled to fight a UK outbreak