Was the Justinian Plague caused by the 1918 flu virus?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-

  Altschuler, Eric Lewin ^a   Kariuki, Yvonne M ^b  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EBOLA VIRUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOOTH PULP;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 57749196953     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.014     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Scott S., and Duncan C.J. Biology of plagues: evidence from historical opulations (2001), Cambridge University Press, New York
2. Altschuler E.L., and Kariuki Y.M. Did the 1918 flu virus cause the Black Death?. Medical Hypotheses (2008) 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.011