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Influenza: A case study
Influenza: A case study

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Acknowledgements

This course was written by Jon Golding and Hilary MacQueen.

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Figure 1: Prescott, L., Harley, J., and Klein, D. (1999) Microbiology, 4th ed. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies

Figure 3: Noymer, A., and Garenne, M. (2000) ‘The 1918 influenza epidemic’s effects on sex differentials in mortality in the United States’, Population and Development Review, Vol 26 (3) 2000, The Population Council

Figure 6: CNRI/Science Photo Library;

Figure 7: Bammer, T. L. et al. (April 28, 2000) ‘Influenza virus isolates’ reported from WHO, Surveillance for Influenza United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Video 1: Immunology Interactive (Male, Brostoff and Roitt) copyright the authors, reproduced by permission of David Male

Video 2: with kind permission from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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