Previous influenza virus exposures enhance susceptibility in another influenza pandemic

(McMaster University) New data analysis suggests that people born at the time of the 1957 H2N2 or Asian Flu pandemic were at a higher risk of dying during the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic as well as the resurgent H1N1 outbreak in 2013-2014. And it is not the first time this has happened.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news