Influenza, or the flu, attacks up to one billion people annually. In the US, it kills 20,000 annually, most of whom are children or elderly. Occasionally the flu becomes pandemic: in 1918, it killed 20 million people worldwide. The flu is a very contagious viral infection spread through...
Asian influenza,Asiatic flu- influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 swine flu,swine influenza- an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic ...
Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US NavyWelcome to the SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY1918 Pandemic - Data, stories & history
Influenza, or the flu, attacks up to one billion people annually. In the US, it kills 20,000 annually, most of whom are children or elderly. Occasionally the flu becomes pandemic: in 1918, it killed 20 million people worldwide. The flu is a very contagious viral infection spread through...
Medical science is still not certain what hit us in 1918. The virus of influenza (流感病毒) was not found until 1933, so all that today can be said about the 1918 outbreak is the kind of antibodiesit produced. The first big advance was also made in 1933, then a team of British docto...
The 1918 flu pandemic (the "Spanish flu") was one of the famous influenza pandemics in history. It was an unusually deadly and severe pandemic that spread across the world. This influenza pandemic was caused by a vicious Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. Most victims were healthy you...
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Bristow begins with a concise introduction that explains how medical achievements of the Progressive Era instilled in health professionals confidence that they finally knew how to control epidemic disease, an optimism that influenza would severely undermine in 1918. She then delves into the pandemic ...
Influenza, or the flu, attacks up to one billion people annually. In the US, it kills 20,000 annually, most of whom are children or elderly. Occasionally the flu becomes pandemic: in 1918, it killed 20 million people worldwide. The flu is a very contagious viral infection spread through...
Medical science is still not certain what hit us in 1918. The virus of influenza (流感病毒) was not found until 1933, so all that today can be said about the 1918 outbreak is the kind of antibodies it produced. The first big advance was also made in 1933, then a team of British doc...