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Urgent Countermeasures Are Needed: Researchers Find Blowflies Carrying Bird Flu in Japan


A recent study conducted in a wild bird colony in southern Japan indicates that blowflies could be a possible vector for the transmission of bird flu. Researchers at Kyushu University have found that blowflies, which are highly attracted to decaying flesh and feces, are carriers of the bird flu vir

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