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The Epic Story of the 1918 Pandemic
by John M. BarryThis article relates to The Great Influenza
Could such a plague happen again? Most experts seem to agree that it is not a case of if, but when - and the two likeliest candidates would probably be Avian Flu or SARS; but, of course, a rank outsider could naturally mutate at anytime, or worse still could be created in a laboratory (see 'Lab 257' by Michael Christopher Carroll which explores the inner workings of the government's top-secret laboratory on Plum Island, close to New York City, and its connections with the outbreaks of Lyme disease and West Nile virus).
This article relates to The Great Influenza. It first ran in the February 2, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.
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