Digging Deep: Study reveals 100-year-old virus genomes responsible for Spanish Flu

Digging Deep: Study reveals 100-year-old virus genomes responsible for Spanish Flu

Comparisons with the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak have long been drawn ever since Covid-19 began in Dec 2019. Now, a study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the genome of the Influenza A H1N1 virus that was responsible for the pandemic outbreak. Patrono et al. (2022) combed through multiple museums in Europe for tissues […]

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Digging Deep: Study reveals 100-year-old virus genomes responsible for Spanish Flu

Digging Deep: Study reveals 100-year-old virus genomes responsible for Spanish Flu

Comparisons with the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak have long been drawn ever since Covid-19 began in Dec 2019. Now, a study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the genome of the Influenza A H1N1 virus that was responsible for the pandemic outbreak. Patrono et al. (2022) combed through multiple museums in Europe for tissues […]

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