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In Search of Spanish Flu

A team of UK virologists exhume the body of a statesman who died 90 years ago to detect the genetic footprint of one of the most dangerous viruses the world has seen - Spanish Flu.

Documentary in which a team of top UK virologists exhume the body of statesman, military officer and diplomat Sir Mark Sykes from a country churchyard in an attempt to detect the genetic footprint of one of the most dangerous viruses the world has ever seen, the Spanish Flu. It may be that an aristocrat who died nearly 90 years ago holds the key to preventing a modern bird flu pandemic.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Aug 2009 22:00

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