New information it brings over of the causative virus of the pandemic of flu of 1918-19 and his relation with those of the pertaining to birds flu.

• Main Author: Cabezas Fernández del Campo, José Antonio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia 2005
• Subjects: Influenza (1918-19); Avian influenza; Hemagglutinine; Gripe (1918-19); Gripe aviar; Hemaglutinina; Española; Tuvo; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.analesranf.com/index.php/aranf/article/view/186

The horrible influenza pandemic (erroneously named «Spanish influenza») resulted in more than 20 million deaths. Knowledge about the virus that caused this pandemic has improved remarkably in about the last twenty years due to two factors: 1. The availability of new analytical techniques, more sensi...