Prior immunity helps to explain wave-like behaviour of pandemic influenza in 1918-9
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ecology of influenza may be more complex than is usually assumed. For example, despite multiple waves in the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, many people in urban locations were apparently unaffected. Were they unexposed, or protec...
Main Authors: | Pallaghy Paul K, McVernon Jodie, McBryde Emma S, Mathews John D, McCaw James M |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/128 |
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