- A Doughboy's Lungs Yield 1918 Flu Virus
An article from Science News Online describing the exhumation of one of the victims of the pandemic and the retrieval of a virus sample from his tissue.
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc97/3_22_97/fob1.htm
- Influenza 1918, A Venus Connection?
An American suggestion that some viruses come from outer space led British astronomers to hypothesize that Venus was a likely origin for solar-wind borne liquefying bacterial invasions.
http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/vel/1918.htm
- Is Another Influenza Pandemic Coming Soon?
Article from Infectious Disease News describing the investigation of a Spanish influenza sample found in WWI soldier's lungs. [Requires free registration]
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/199705/frameset.asp?article=pandemic.asp
- The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
History of this pandemic, the public health measures taken to limit it, and the efforts of scientists to pinpoint its cause.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/
- The American Experience - Influenza 1918
Information on the film from the PBS series. Features maps, timelines and people and events relating to this outbreak.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/influenza/
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