COVID-19 pandemic more than a century after the Spanish flu.
COVID-19 pandemic more than a century after the Spanish flu.
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DOI:
10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30650-2
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发表时间:
2021-04
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通讯作者:
Raoult D
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作者:
Javelle E;Raoult D
Eskild Petersen and colleagues published a relevant comparison of the novel coronavirus outbreak with past influenza pandemics. 1 Here we comment on fatality rates, considering evidence for the pathogenesis of these two respiratory viruses. If introduced in our contemporary world, the influenza strain that caused the 1918 Spanish flu would probably not repeat the same scenario. Autopsy series have revealed that the majority of deaths at any age resulted from bacterial coinfections with common species of the upper respiratory tract, including Streptococcus pneumoniae. 2