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Could the 1918 Pandemic have been caused by more than one virus?

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  • Could the 1918 Pandemic have been caused by more than one virus?



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    Was the great flu of 1918 caused by more than one virus? Military records from Australian forces who fought in Europe in World War I add fuel to a long debate by showing that soldiers who got sick in the ?first wave? of the epidemic (April-July 1918) were not protected from infection in the ?second wave? (October 1918 to March 1919). Soldiers who fell ill in 1916 and 1917 with ?purulent bronchitis? were not protected either, suggesting that they and the ?first wave? victims were infected with different viruses than the victims in the second wave. (?How Many Influenza Viruses Were Circulating in 1918?,? G.D. Shanks et al.)
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