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Arising from: J. K. Taubenbergeret al.Nature437, 889–893 (2005); see also communication fromGibbs and Gibbs; Taubenbergeret al.reply
Taubenbergeret al.1 claim that the 1918 influenza virus was derived from an avian source and adapted to humans shortly before the pandemic. However, we do not believe that this conclusion, which has been widely disseminated in the popular press and in scientific journals2,3,4, is supported by their phylogenetic evidence.
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