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Spanish flu

Jonathan B Weitzman

Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010910-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010910-01

Published: 10 September 2001

Analysis of the hemagglutinin gene of the 1918 Spanish influenza virus suggests that a recombination event created the deadly strain.