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The world is still at risk from a new pandemic strain of flu according to leading scientists.
The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been out of the headlines for some time but experts say it still poses a potential threat.
The threat may be theoretical at present - but all of the infectious disease experts I have spoken to over recent years agree that it is not a matter of if but of when the next flu pandemic will occur.