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A virus obtained from influenza patients.
Lancet, 2, 66-68. 1933.
Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw first isolated the influenza A virus in humans. They successfully infected ferrets with filtered throat-washings from influenzal patients by intranasal instillation.
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