May the analysis of 1918 influenza pandemic give hints to imagine the possible magnitude of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)?
Abstract Background In 1918 an unknown infectious agent spread around the world infecting over one-third of the general population and killing almost 50 million people. Many countries were at war, the First World War. Since Spain was a neutral country and Spanish press could report about the infecti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02673-6 |