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March 1918. Outbreaks of flu-like illness are first detected in the United States. More than 100 soldiers at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, Kansas become ill with flu. Within a week the number of flu cases quintuples. Sporadic flu activity spreads unevenly through the United States, Europe, and possibly Asia over the next six months.
- 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics - Centers for Disease ...
In 1918, the cause of human influenza and its links to avian...
- 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics - Volume 12, Number 1 ...
Confounding definite assignment of a geographic point of...
- 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics - Centers for Disease ...
In 1918, the cause of human influenza and its links to avian and swine influenza were unknown. Despite clinical and epidemiologic similarities to influenza pandemics of 1889, 1847, and even earlier, many questioned whether such an explosively fatal disease could be influenza at all.
The vulnerability of healthy young adults and the lack of vaccines and treatments created a major public health crisis, causing at least 50 million deaths worldwide, including approximately 675,000 in the United States. Below is a historical timeline of major events that took place during this time period.
21 Νοε 2011 · Confounding definite assignment of a geographic point of origin, the 1918 pandemic spread more or less simultaneously in 3 distinct waves during an ≈12-month period in 1918–1919, in Europe, Asia, and North America (the first wave was best described in the United States in March 1918).
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).
24 Οκτ 2024 · Contains historical documents on the American influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, including newspaper articles, contemporary medical journal articles on influenza and pneumonia, the British Report on the Pandemic of Influenza, 1918-1919, E. O. Jordan’s monograph Epidemic Influenza, two large military reports on the outbreaks of influenza in the ...
Timeline. Spring 1918 - Spring 1919. Three waves of highly virulent and fatal influenza sweep the country. The fall-winter wave is the deadliest for the US. The pandemic kills millions and devastates entire communities. Last Updated: Aug 1, 2024 8:38 PM. URL: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-spanish-flu. Print Page.
