Host Immunological Factors Enhancing Mortality of Young Adults during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

During the 1918 influenza pandemic, healthy young adults unusually succumbed to infection and were considered more vulnerable than young children and the elderly. The pathogenesis of this pandemic in the young adult population remains poorly understood. As this population is normally the least likel...

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Main Authors: McAuley, Julie L., Kedzierska, Katherine, Brown, Lorena E., Shanks, G. Dennis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541073/