The World Health Organization on Monday raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico.

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But his story also shows that alert researchers can be ready for an infectious outbreak.

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We did not want them to walk into a health clinic and not alert physicians that they had travelled from one of the outbreak sites.

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