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Influenza, evolution, and the next pandemic

Mortality rates in influenza appear to have been shaped by evolution. During the 1918 pandemic, mortality rates were lower in children compared with adults. This mortality difference occurs in a wide variety of infectious diseases. It has been replicated in mice and might be due to greater tolerance...

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Autor principal: Fedson, David S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoy027