The 1918 Spanish flu virus has been reconstructed from 107-year-old lung
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The preserved lung of an 18-year-old Swiss man has been used to create the full genome of the 1918 "Spanish flu," the first complete influenza A genome with a precise date from Europe. It offers new insights into the deadly pandemic that claimed the lives of up to 100 million people.
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Original Title: The 1918 Spanish flu virus has been reconstructed from the 107-year-old preserved lung of an 18-year-old Swiss man, the first complete influenza A genome with a precise date from Europe. It offers new insights into the deadly pandemic that claimed the lives of up to 100 million people.