US Restricts 1918 Flu Samples
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention restricted access on Thursday to samples of the 1918 pandemic flu virus taken from the frozen bodies and lung samples of victims, a standard precaution for such a dangerous virus.
Researchers who want to work with the virus, which killed anywhere between 20 million and 100 million people, depending on the estimate, will have to register with the CDC and account for their samples.
“We’ve learned why this virus was so deadly and we know it’s easily transmitted from person to person,†CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding said in a statement.
Source: MSNBC.
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