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Influenza infection of man from the ferret.

SMITH, Wilson (1897 – 1965)
SMITH, Wilson (1897 – 1965) Wikipedia
STUART-HARRIS, Sir Charles Herbert (1909 – 1996) Wikipedia

Lancet, 2, 121-23. 1936.

First record of successful passage of influenza from animal to man. The ferret had previously been infected with a virus from a case of influenza.

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