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Using evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Scientists are learning lessons for future flu outbreaks by carefully examining evidence from past pandemics.
Taubenberger: One thing that we unexpectedly found in this recent study were what could be precursor forms of the virus, virus that in a sense might not have been fully adapted to humans.
Narrator: Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger is a senior investigator at the NIH. He’s studying the 1918 flu virus, which he says is bird-like.
Taubenberger: Indeed, the bird flu is a virus of great concern and luckily for us, it has not been able to be transmitted efficiently person to person, but that's something we worry about.
Narrator: For more information on flu viruses, including bird flu, visit www.niaid.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the NIH, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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