A question of self‐preservation: immunopathology in influenza virus infection

@article{LaGruta2007AQO,
  title={A question of self‐preservation: immunopathology in influenza virus infection},
  author={Nicole L. La Gruta and Katherine Kedzierska and John Stambas and Peter C. Doherty},
  journal={Immunology and Cell Biology},
  year={2007},
  volume={85}
}
Influenza A viruses that circulate normally in the human population cause a debilitating, though generally transient, illness that is sometimes fatal, particularly in the elderly. Severe complications arising from pandemic influenza or the highly pathogenic avian H5N1 viruses are often associated with rapid, massive inflammatory cell infiltration, acute respiratory distress, reactive hemophagocytosis and multiple organ involvement. Histological and pathological indicators strongly suggest a key… 
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