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Oct 12, 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...
Mar 29, 2019 · 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.
- Mariano Martini, Valentina Gazzaniga, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Ilaria Barberis
- 2019
Apr 11, 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).
Apr 15, 2024 · The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 was the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century. The disease that caused this devastating pandemic has also been called the Spanish flu.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, which caused ≈50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health. Many questions about its origins, its unusual epidemiologic features, and the basis of its pathogenicity remain unanswered.
- Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens
- 10.3201/eid1201.050979
- 2006
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan; 12(1): 15-22.
Sep 27, 2017 · The first wave of the Spanish flu struck in the spring of 1918. There was nothing particularly Spanish about it. It attracted that name, unfairly, because the press in neutral Spain tracked its...
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus.
