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How did bird flu start and where did it begin?
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SE China: New strains of influenza generally arise from se china where swine, ducks and humans are all in close proximity allowing combinations of influenza to occur. Sometimes an animal has two different infections simultaneously allowing genetic mixing to occur and a new strain to develop.
Answered 12/26/2012
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