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Flu Virus Persistence and Pandemic Cycles
The article outlines flu virus behavior with A B C types, focusing on antigenic shifts and drifts that drive pandemics. It notes periodicity of major epidemics, predictions of a new Influenza A pandemic, and the Fort Dix outbreak raising fears of a 1918-like virus. It explains H and N surface antigens and the role of virulence versus antigen changes.
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Hong Kong
Edwin D. Kilbourne
Mt. Sinai Medical School
Fort Dix