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Origins of the 1918 Pandemic: Revisiting the Swine “Mixing Vessel” Hypothesis

How influenza A viruses host-jump from animal reservoir species to humans, which can initiate global pandemics, is a central question in pathogen evolution. The zoonotic and spatial origins of the influenza virus associated with the “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918 have been debated for decades. Outbr...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Martha I, Worobey, Michael
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/PMC6269246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30508193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy150