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Feline friend or potential foe?

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What role do cats play in the epidemiology of H5N1 avian flu virus? We don't yet have all the answers, but it's time to consider new precautions, argue Thijs Kuiken, Albert Osterhaus, Peter Roeder and their colleagues.

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  1. the Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Thijs Kuiken, Ron Fouchier, Guus Rimmelzwaan & Albert Osterhaus

  2. the Animal Production and Health Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalia, Rome, Italy

    Peter Roeder

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Kuiken, T., Fouchier, R., Rimmelzwaan, G. et al. Feline friend or potential foe?. Nature 440, 741–742 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440741a

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