Lessons from the past: Familial aggregation analysis of fatal pandemic influenza (Spanish flu) in Iceland in 1918

The pandemic influenza of 1918 (Spanish flu) killed 21–50 million people globally, including in Iceland, where the characteristics and spread of the epidemic were well documented. It has been postulated that genetic host factors may have contributed to this high mortality. We identified 455 individu...

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Main Authors: Gottfredsson, Magnús, Halldórsson, Bjarni V., Jónsson, Stefán, Kristjánsson, Már, Kristjánsson, Kristleifur, Kristinsson, Karl G., Löve, Arthur, Blöndal, Thorsteinn, Viboud, Cécile, Thorvaldsson, Sverrir, Helgason, Agnar, Gulcher, Jeffrey R., Stefánsson, Kári, Jónsdóttir, Ingileif
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2234133/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18216264
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0707659105
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