Pandemic
Research results from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology update knowledge of pandemic
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 27th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Lessons learned from reconstructing the 1918 influenza pandemic" new findings in pandemic. According to a study from the United States, "The "Spanish influenza" pandemic of 1918 was the most devastating influenza epidemic reported in history and killed >30 million people worldwide. The factors contributing to the severe pathogenicity of this influenza virus are of great interest, because avian influenza viruses circulating today pose the threat of a new pandemic if they develop sustained human-to-human transmissibility."
"Recent characterization of the 1918 virus has illuminated which determinants may be the cause of virulence. Here, we wish to...
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