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The Next Big Virus

New infections and diseases, where do they come from and what threat do they pose?

New infections and diseases, where do they come from and what threat do they pose? Every year new bugs are identified, such as a recent outbreak in Malaysia which killed pigs and farm workers but was never identified. Others such as the bubonic plague, which killed vast swathes of the world's population have been all but eradicated.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project