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. 2018 Jan 15;16(2):61-62.
doi: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.174.

1918 influenza virus: 100 years on, are we prepared against the next influenza pandemic?

Rafael A Medina  1
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1918 influenza virus: 100 years on, are we prepared against the next influenza pandemic?

Rafael A Medina. Nat Rev Microbiol. .

Abstract

As we commemorate 100 years since the 1918 pandemic, research has advanced our knowledge of influenza virulence and pathogenesis, and has highlighted the role of animal reservoirs in the emergence of pandemic strains. Future efforts in understanding viral ecology, zoonosis and in integrating human and animal epidemiology should aid pandemic preparedness.

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