Professor Ian Barr

Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza; Honorary, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Bird flu, human cases and the risk to Australia

Avian flu is continuing to spread throughout the world, infecting some mammals as it goes – but what’s the risk to Australia?

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