Chapter III: The Parasite

This episode uncovers the decades-long pursuit to reconstruct the deadliest pathogen in human history and the lessons learned about what made the 1918 virus so lethal.

REFERENCES

•Carol R. Byerly, Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I

•John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 

•Robert Webster, Flu Hunter: Unlocking the Secrets of a Virus 

SPEAKERS

•Alan Dove 

•Robert Webster 

•Jeffery Taubenberger

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION

•Carolien Van de Sandt

•Peter Palese

•Jason Kindrachuk

•David M Morens