New study re-examines bacterial vaccine studies conducted during 1918 influenza pandemic

Secondary infections with bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia, were a major cause of death during the 1918 flu pandemic and may be important in modern pandemics as well, according to a new article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases co-authored by David M. Morens, senior advisor to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health...

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