Reconstruction of the 1918 Influenza Virus: Unexpected Rewards from the Past

ABSTRACT The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 killed approximately 50 million people. The unusually severe morbidity and mortality associated with the pandemic spurred physicians and scientists to isolate the etiologic agent, but the virus was not isolated in 1918. In 1996, it became possible to reco...

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Main Authors: Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David Baltimore, Peter C. Doherty, Howard Markel, David M. Morens, Robert G. Webster, Ian A. Wilson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a2f5c05465ae4e928f2819aace84c8dd
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