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When influenza appeared in the United States in 1918, Americans responded to the incursion of disease with measures used since Antiquity, such as quarantines and social distancing. During the pandemic's zenith, many cities shut down essential services. Public health professionals on the home front, including many volunteer nurses, deployed ...
10 Οκτ 2018 · After 100 years, the 1918 pandemic remains a defining moment for public health in the United States and indeed the world. With unprecedented severity and speed, the H1N1 influenza virus spread across the globe to virtually every part of the Earth, killing at least 50 million people.
8 Απρ 2024 · Influenza outbreaks peaking in December 1917 and again in April 1918 were of low incidence (~5% of soldiers were clinically ill) and were associated with case fatality ratios fivefold lower than during the true fall pandemic (~1% versus ~5% case fatality ratios).
14 Σεπ 2022 · Flu mortality in the United States declined precipitously with the end of the war (November 11, 1918). After the second wave, there was a seasonal bump of flu in winter 1918–1919 with higher than usual pneumonia mortality, and sporadic outbreaks dispersed throughout the world in 1919 and even 1920.
26 Νοε 2009 · The 1918–1919 influenza pandemic was the greatest biological disaster in American history and altered the course of world history in numerous ways. Despite these realities this pandemic has widely been ignored by general American history texts.
11 Απρ 2024 · Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I).
6 Φεβ 2019 · The emergence of influenza subtype H1N1 in 1918, which ultimately resulted in an estimated 50–100 million deaths worldwide, would forever change the course of human history and will be discussed in detail in the following sections [4,5,6]. The aims of this short review are to discuss: i) the emergence and spread of the 1918 virus; ii) the ...
