The 1918 flu and other influenza pandemics: 'Over there' and back again

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-101

  Reid, Ann H ^a   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032985785     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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