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When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections

  • Written by Hayley Muendlein, Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts University
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infectionsBacteria can team up with viruses to cause coinfections.Erlon Silva - TRI Digital/Moment via Getty Images

The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3% of the world’s population – at least 50 million people. But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the majority of these deaths.

An analysis of lung samples collected...

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