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Flu papers spark row over credit for data
Rush to publish on H7N9 avian flu upsets Chinese scientists.
Declan Butler
& David Cyranoski
01 May 2013
On 31 March, China reported the first human cases of infection with a new H7N9 avian flu virus. The same day, a team at the Chinese National Influenza Center (CNIC) in Beijing uploaded to a research database the genetic sequences of viruses isolated from the first three human cases. But Nature has learned that in the days that followed, Chinese scientists and officials grew increasingly concerned that China might lose credit for its work in isolating and sequencing the virus...
Flu papers spark row over credit for data
Rush to publish on H7N9 avian flu upsets Chinese scientists.
Declan Butler
& David Cyranoski
01 May 2013
On 31 March, China reported the first human cases of infection with a new H7N9 avian flu virus. The same day, a team at the Chinese National Influenza Center (CNIC) in Beijing uploaded to a research database the genetic sequences of viruses isolated from the first three human cases. But Nature has learned that in the days that followed, Chinese scientists and officials grew increasingly concerned that China might lose credit for its work in isolating and sequencing the virus...
