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Tue 03 Mar 2010Swine flu virus to be dominant next winter
LONDON – Europe is unlikely to see another wave of pandemic H1N1 flu soon, but local epidemics are likely when winter returns to the northern hemisphere, health officials said yesterday.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the H1N1 swine flu virus would probably spread at low levels during 2010’s spring and summer, and be the dominant and threatening strain in the winter flu season.
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