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Summary. In Europe in 1918, influenza spread through Spain, France, Great Britain and Italy, causing havoc with military operations during the First World War. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people worldwide. In addition, its socioeconomic consequences were huge.
20 Οκτ 2024 · Influenza pandemic of 1918–19, the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and among the most devastating pandemics in human history. The outbreak was caused by influenza type A subtype H1N1 virus. Learn about the origins, spread, and impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918–19.
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 ...
12 Οκτ 2010 · The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was the deadliest pandemic in world history, infecting some 500 million people across the globe—roughly one-third of the population—and causing up to...
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).
9 Δεκ 2019 · It is difficult to identify where and when the 1918 infleunza pandemic started. What the world witnessed was that, globally, a first wave of influenza hit in spring 1918, killing many people quickly, mostly children and older individuals, just as regular influenza would.
The 1918 influenza pandemic lasted roughly from March 1918 to June 1920 and reached almost every part of the world, including the remote areas of the Pacific Islands and the Arctic.
