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Lessons learned from reconstructing the 1918 influenza pandemic.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2006
Garcia-Sastre Adolfo, Whitley Richard J
Abstract excerpt
The "Spanish influenza" pandemic of 1918 was the most devastating influenza epidemic reported in history and killed >30 million people worldwide. The factors contributing to the severe pathogenicity of this influenza virus are of great interest, because avian influenza viruses circulating today pose the threat of a new pandemic if they develop sustained human-to-human transmissibility. Recent characterization of...
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