Stories by Martin M. Kaplan

This ancient scourge of man is perpetuated by infected wild animals, notably skunks, bats and foxes. The classic Pasteur vaccine treatment can now be replaced by a shorter and less painful series of inoculations

The phenomenon of genetic recombination between human and animal strains of the influenza virus may be responsible for the appearance of new subtypes such as the virus that caused the great pandemic of 1918-19