The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
The Spanish flu pandemic was truly global, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. The unusually severe disease killed between 2 and 20% of those infected, as opposed to the more usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%. Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under 65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old. This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918–1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks; in contrast, HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million in its first 25 years.
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Molly Billings' account of the worldwide outbreak, the public health response, and contemporary medical ideas about the disease and its origins.
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The 1918 strain of flu created not just an epidemic -- but a global pandemic ... October 1918 was also the month the flu epidemic hit Georgia, as detailed by the ...
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The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic. The Spanish Flu lasted from March 1918 to 1919. ... people died during the 1918 epidemic, researches recalculate the numbers at ...
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The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
ILLINOIS TRAILS PRESENTS: THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918. Miscellaneous Deaths from "La Grippe" Statewide Epidemics listed by year. Return To The Events Page ...
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Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 Strikes Dover
... to mistake the usual colds or "grippe" for the Spanish Flu. ... summed up the epidemic well in their report in the 1918 Annual Report of the City of Dover: ...
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Influenza Epidemic of 1918
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Influenza Epidemic of 1918
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The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
The term influenza has its origins in 15th-century Italy, where the cause of the disease was ascribed to unfavourable astrological influences. Evolution in medical thought led to its modification to influenza del freddo, meaning "influence of the cold." The word "influenza" was first attested in English in 1743 when it was borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe. Archaic terms for influenza include epidemic catarrh, grippe (from the French grippe, meaning flu; sometimes spelled "grip" or "gripe"), sweating sickness, and Spanish fever (particularly for the 1918 pandemic strain).
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