Genes found in nature yield 1918-like virus with pandemic potential
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) An international team of researchers has shown that circulating avian influenza viruses contain all the genetic ingredients necessary to underpin the emergence of a virus similar to the deadly 1918 influenza virus.
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