The pandemic of 1918 was not the only major influenza outbreak in history. The Asian flu, which appeared in 1957, caused about 70,000 deaths in the United States. It got its name because it first appeared in China before coming to the United States in Jun...
INFLUENZA pandemic, 1918-1919WORLD War IThe experiences of American mutual life insurance companies during the period of the First World War and the influenza epidemic provide a model for the design of their organizations – their values, operations, and management – that prepare them to respond ...
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 respiratory disease,respiratory disorder,respiratory illness- a disease affecting the respiratory system ...
It has never been clear, however, where this pandemic began. Since influenza is an endemic disease, not simply an epidemic one, it is impossible to answer this question with absolute certainty. Nonetheless, in seven years of work on a history of the pandemic, this author conducted an extensiv...
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influenza that caused several waves of pandemic in 1918-1919, resulting in more than 20 million deaths worldwide; it was particularly severe in Spain (hence the name), but now is thought to have originated in the U.S. as a form of swine influenza. ...
Fifty years of influenza A(H3N2) following the pandemic of 1968. Am. J. Public Health 110, 669–676 (2020). Article Google Scholar Zost, S. et al. Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains. Proc...
ContextA critical question in pandemic influenza planning is the role nonpharmaceutical interventions might play in delaying the temporal effects of a
It is speculated that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus might fall into a seasonal pattern during the current post-pandemic period with more severe clinical presentation for high-risk groups identified during the 2009 pandemic. Hence the extent of l
Two years after being wounded in World War I, Apollinaire died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918; he was 38. Birthplace: Rome, Italy John Reed Dec. at 32 (1887-1920) John Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist,...