1918 Influenza: the mother of all pandemics.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on January 01, 2006

Authors

Jeffery K Taubenberger1, David M Morens

Author Affiliations

1: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Maryland 20850-3125, USA. taubenberger@afip.osd.mil

Associated clinical trials:

Cellular and Molecular Characterization of the Immune Response in Healthy NIH Employees atBaseline, and After Immunization With the H1N1 or Seasonal Influenza Vaccines | NCT01191853

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