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. 2006 Apr 17;203(4):803.
doi: 10.1084/jem.2034fta.

Influenza: exposing the true killer

Heather L Van Epps  1
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Influenza: exposing the true killer

Heather L Van Epps. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

In the early 1930s, Richard Shope isolated influenza virus from infected pigs. Shope's finding was quickly followed by the isolation of the influenza virus from humans, proving that a virus-not a bacterium, as was widely believed-caused influenza.

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Richard Shope, 1936. Rockefeller University Archive
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