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World Service,12 Jun 2010,28 mins

Nathan Wolfe, Scientist

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Nathan Wolfe is a scientist who thinks there is a lot of the world still to be discovered and viruses, he says, are a good example of that. His idea is that by trying to collect and identify viruses from around the globe, scientists will be able to prevent future pandemics and his work has taken him to the remote jungles of Central Africa and South East Asia. He talks to Owen Bennett Jones...

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