Word: osterhaus
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...Asia, there is no program in place to systematically sample migratory birds to determine which viruses they carry. In Europe, virologist Albert Osterhaus of Erasmus University in the Netherlands has launched a survey in which fecal samples are submitted from around the continent for testing. "We've found the proteins that indicate the presence of various avian influenzas," says Osterhaus. The prevalence of viruses in migratory birds may have been responsible for an avian-flu outbreak in the Netherlands last year that infected 80 people, killing one. The virus responsible, an H7, which was less deadly than the H5 strain...