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- US-Japanese study finds genes for 1918 'Spanish flu' pandemic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Dec 29, 2008 - A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal. - University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists isolate genes that made Spanish flu a pandemic (The Capital Times)
Dec 29, 2008 - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have isolated the set of three genes that made the Spanish flu the most deadly infectious disease in history. A team led by UW-Madison virologists Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Tokiko Watanabe identified the genes that give the virus the ability to reproduce in lung tissue -- the trait which caused primary pneumonia among its victims and made the 1918 ... - Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dec 29, 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. - Scientists Isolate Genes That Made 1918 Flu Lethal (Newswise)
Dec 29, 2008 - By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the "Spanish flu" -- a virus that killed between 20 and 50 million people 90 years ago in history's most devastating outbreak of infectious disease -- researchers have identified a set of three genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus. - Gene that held key to 1918 flu pandemic found by scientists (Daily Telegraph)
Dec 29, 2008 - A gene in the 1918 influenza virus that may have caused its high virulence and mortality rate has been pinpointed by scientists. - Scientists isolate genes that made 1918 flu lethal (EurekAlert!)
Dec 29, 2008 - ( University of Wisconsin-Madison ) By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the "Spanish flu" -- a virus that killed between 20 and 50 million people 90 years ago in history's most devastating outbreak of infectious disease -- researchers have identified a set of three genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus. - Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic (AlertNet)
Dec 29, 2008 - Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - 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. They mixed ... - Genes Made 1918 Spanish Flu Deadly (WebMD)
Dec 29, 2008 - Scientists have identified genes that made the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 especially deadly. It's a discovery that may prove useful if another flu pandemic breaks out. - Tumultuous year for PRMC (The Paris News)
Dec 29, 2008 - The Essent-PRMC lawsuit against the operator of the-paris-site.blogspot.com began in June 2007 when the hospital accused the anonymous blogger of wrongful conduct in publishing information detrimental to the hospital and violating patient confidentiality, and obtained a court order to force the blogger’s Internet service provider, Suddenlink, to reveal the name of its client. - Pandemic preparing (Woodbury Bulletin)
Dec 29, 2008 - The city of Afton and its officials are ready for anything, now that the Afton City Council has approved the Public Health Emergency Plan.