The globe on the spotlight: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)
Throughout history, infectious diseases represent a major global threat to human life and health, knowing neither geographic nor political borders. In 1918 the “Spanish flu” pandemic, caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus, led to catastrophic consequences with a global mortality toll of more than 50 million people (greater than the two world wars). The impact of this influenza virus was not confined to a single period; to date, three subsequent outbreak s (1957, 1968, and 2009, the last called “Swine flu”) resulted from descendants of the initial virus, which acquired one or more genes through reassortment [1].
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Margarita Brida, Massimo Chessa, Hong Gu, Michael A. Gatzoulis Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
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