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Scientists are tracking how the flu moves through a college campus

The data could reveal more about how viruses spread

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GOING VIRAL Tracking the way viruses like influenza move around residence halls may help researchers reign in the pathogens' spread.

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By Aimee Cunningham

- More than 2 years ago

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Campus life typically challenges students with new opportunities for learning, discovery — and intimacy with germs. Lots of germs.