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    Swiss genome of the 1918 influenza virus reconstructed

    2025-07-15T13:51:00Z

    Researchers have decoded the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland, revealing that it had already developed key adaptations to humans at the outset of the deadliest influenza pandemic in history.