Tuesday, September 11, 2012

mBio: Taubenberger et al. On the 1918 Spanish Flu

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Credit CDC PHIL

 

 

# 6549

 

mBio, the American Society for Microbiology’s online, open access journal, has published a long and fascinating review this morning on what we’ve learned over the past 15 years about the 1918 H1N1 `Spanish Flu’ pandemic virus, written by some of the biggest experts in the field.

 

At this point, I’ll just step aside and invite you to read:

 

 

Reconstruction of the 1918 Influenza Virus: Unexpected Rewards from the Past

 

Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David Baltimore, Peter C. Doherty, Howard Markel, David M. Morens, Robert G. Webster and Ian A. Wilson

 

doi:10.1128/mBio.00201-12

 

Highly recommended.