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US-Japanese study finds genes for 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ pandemic (TODAYonline)
A screen at the Health Organisation headquarters displaying a 1918 picture of victims of the Spanish Flu. A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.