The 1918 Spanish influenza: integrating history and biology.
In 1918 an influenza pandemic killed 40 million people. It is now possible to study the genetic features of the 1918 virus. Such analyses will try to answer questions about the origin and the unusual virulence of this pandemic virus.
Reid
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AH
Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Cellular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 14th Street and Alaska Avenue. N.W., DC 20306-6000, USA. reid@afip.osd.mil
Taubenberger
J K
JK
Fanning
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TG
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D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D009439:Neuraminidase