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Scientists across the world are racing the clock to develop a vaccine to combat a deadly strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, which has the potential to trigger a global pandemic.

The disease, which first surfaced in southern China eight years ago, is highly infectious in birds but does not, so far, spread easily between humans. The fear is it could soon mutate into a form that can.

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