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A research paper published last year aimed to address 9 puzzling things about influenza:

Why is influenza seasonal and ubiquitous, where does the virus hide between epidemics?

Why are the epidemics so fast to spread?

Why do they end so quickly?

Why do countries on similar latitudes have coincidental epidemics?

Why is the serial interval obscure?

Why is the secondary attack [...]

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Post by David Bradley Science Writer. You can get in touch with David via email or check out his CV on the Sciencebase.com site.

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We can all do our bit in times of media hype and scare-mongering to avoid reading about doom and gloom, but there are also some sensible precautions to take to avoid the spread of disease, regardless of whether it’s swine flu (H1N1), bird flu (H5N1), or even just the common cold. These tips adapted from [...]

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Post by David Bradley Science Writer. You can get in touch with David via email or check out his CV on the Sciencebase.com site.

If you're lucky, the following quote may be relevant in some way to the post above, but then again...