... molecules and increase the virulence of both the H5N1 and the 1918 H1N1 viruses. The results help explain many puzzling features of the H5N1 and the 1918 H1N1 viruses.Summarizing, HA (and especially ... erainclude the Spanish influenza (H1N1, 1918) , the Asian influenza (H2N2, 1958), and the Hong Kong influenza (H3N2, 1968) [3-6]. The human tolls resulting from the pandemics have been very large. The ... purposes)Virology JournalOpen AccessResearch Protein intrinsic disorder and influenza virulence: the 1918 H1N1 and H5N1 virusesGerard Kian-Meng Goh*1,4, A Keith Dunker1 and Vladimir N Uversky*1,2,3Address:...