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Nature's biological weapon

Nature volume 429, pages 345–346 (2004)Cite this article

The 1918 flu pandemic killed 50 million people — and it could happen again.

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  1. Retroscreen Virology Limited, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK

    John Oxford

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Oxford, J. Nature's biological weapon. Nature 429, 345–346 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429345a

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