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Apr 15, 2024 · influenza pandemic of 1918–19. influenza A H1N1 virus. Transmission electron micrograph of recreated 1918 influenza A H1N1 virus. Influenza is caused by a virus that is transmitted from person to person through airborne respiratory secretions.
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2 days ago · 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.
- February 1918 – April 1920
- Worldwide
- 25–50 million (generally accepted), other estimates range from 17 to 100 million
- Influenza
1 day ago · Not included in the above table are many waves of deadly diseases brought by Europeans to the Americas and Caribbean. Western Hemisphere populations were ravaged mostly by smallpox, but also typhus, measles, influenza, bubonic plague, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, mumps, yellow fever, and pertussis.
5 days ago · 1. Yellow Fever. The quarantine station on Staten Island. Image from New York Public Library. In August 1793, a yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia, killing around 5,000 residents out of 50,000....
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Apr 22, 2024 · science. On the Web: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Major Epidemic and Pandemic Diseases (Apr. 04, 2024) (Show more) Recent News. Apr. 21, 2024, 7:01 AM ET (Medical Xpress) Study shows experts rate influenza as the number one pathogen of concern of pandemic potential. Apr. 6, 2024, 2:02 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
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- What is a pandemic?A pandemic is an outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence. A pandemic generally affe...
- What have been some of the world’s deadliest pandemics?Throughout history, there have been many deadly pandemics, but the Black Death and the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 rank among the most lethal. Th...
- What causes a pandemic?Pandemics can be caused by several factors. For example, in some cases, a new strain or subtype of virus that first emerged in animals jumps to hum...
- How do pandemics end?Pandemics typically slow and come to an end on their own, though the process may be accelerated through effective preventive strategies, such as im...
Apr 12, 2024 · Louis Pasteur. Key People: Louis Pasteur. Girolamo Fracastoro. Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle. Agostino Bassi. Edwin Klebs. Related Topics: disease. pathology. microorganism. germ theory, in medicine, the theory that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms, organisms too small to be seen except through a microscope.
Apr 26, 2024 · Remember fact two? You should, it wasn’t that long ago! Low life expectancy in the US wasn’t just caused by poor hygiene and a lack of modern conveniences – according to death records in the mid-1900s, preventable disease and illness were largely to blame for people dying earlier in life.
