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. 2020 Jun 13;395(10240):1824-1826.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31201-0. Epub 2020 May 25.

Revisiting the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics

Mark Honigsbaum

Revisiting the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics

Mark Honigsbaum. Lancet. .
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British navy sailors in bed because of influenza in a warehouse near Ipswich, UK, which was transformed into an infirmary for 850 sailors, Sept 19, 1957
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A typist in Manchester, UK, during the 1957 influenza pandemic
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Nurse Nadyne Weber at Cleveland's Grace Hospital, USA, during the influenza pandemic, December, 1968
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