Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Nature, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
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Morbidity: A personal response
Christine Junge<SUP>1</SUP>
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Journal name: Nature
Volume: 480, Pages: S14?S15
Date published: (08 December 2011)
DOI: doi:10.1038/480S14a
Published online 07 December 2011
Some people get horribly sick from the flu, and even die. Others just rest for a few days. What's behind this fateful variation?
Your spouse had the flu last week and could barely get out of bed for five full days ? she was feverish and her aching body exhausted. Then your four-year-old became sick and you had to rush her to the hospital when her fever spiked. Now that you've come down with the virus, you're tired, a bit achy, but that only lasts for two or three days. How is it that the flu virus can have such a variable impact on people?
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Journal name: Nature
Volume: 480, Pages: S14?S15
Date published: (08 December 2011)
DOI: doi:10.1038/480S14a
Published online 07 December 2011
Some people get horribly sick from the flu, and even die. Others just rest for a few days. What's behind this fateful variation?
Your spouse had the flu last week and could barely get out of bed for five full days ? she was feverish and her aching body exhausted. Then your four-year-old became sick and you had to rush her to the hospital when her fever spiked. Now that you've come down with the virus, you're tired, a bit achy, but that only lasts for two or three days. How is it that the flu virus can have such a variable impact on people?
(?)
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