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Old seasonal flu antibodies target swine flu virus

Lab results could explain why young patients are hardest hit by current H1N1 strain.

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Ledford, H. Old seasonal flu antibodies target swine flu virus. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.503

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