The 1918 virus is finally sequenced
2005 · Event
Using fragments from autopsy tissue and a victim buried in Alaskan permafrost, scientists publish the complete genome of the 1918 virus and resurrect it in a biosecure lab: an H1N1 avian influenza whose descendants still circulate in every seasonal flu. The century-old killer becomes the founding case study of pandemic science.
On these timelines: The Spanish Flu, Pandemics & Plagues, Medicine & Public Health, Medicine through Time, Science & Technology
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