LONDON (Reuters) - Three million doses of antiviral drugs, vigilance and reducing social contact could contain an outbreak of human avian flu and prevent a global pandemic that could kill millions, scientists said on Wednesday.
Health officials fear the H5N1 strain of bird flu circulating in Asia could mutate into a lethal strain that could rival or exceed the Spanish flu pandemic that killed between 20-40 million people worldwide.
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