Taubenberger

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Jeffery K Taubenberger (Volver a Personas. Cronología. Fuentes.)

Autor junto con Johan V Hultin y David M Morens de: Discovery and characterization of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus in historical context.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA *Corresponding author: Tel: +1 301 443 5960; Fax: +1 301 480 5722; E-mail: taubenbergerj@niaid.nih.gov

Trata tres temas: 1) alleged discovery of a bacterial cause of influenza during the 1889–1893 pandemic,

2) the controversial detection of ‘filter-passing agents’ during the 1918–1919 pandemic,

3) and subsequent breakthroughs in the 1930s that led to isolation of human and swine influenza viruses

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