In a potential worrisome development, Chilean officials on Friday announced the detection of the H1N1 strain in turkeys in that country, the Associated Press reported. Illness in the birds has been mild, but experts have worried that a more transmissible and virulent strain of human flu could emerge if H1N1 combines with an avian strain.
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