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Researchers Finally Unlock Secrets of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
By admin | December 30, 2008
Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly — a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most devastating outbreak of infectious disease in human history, accounting for about 50 million deaths worldwide.
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