High-throughput RNA sequencing of a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded autopsy lung tissue sample from the 1918 influenza pandemic.

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Published in J Pathol on March 01, 2013

Authors

Yong-Li Xiao1, John C Kash, Stephen B Beres, Zong-Mei Sheng, James M Musser, Jeffery K Taubenberger

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1: Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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