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As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has. Today’s visualization outlines some of history’s most deadly pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to the current COVID-19 event.
Mar 17, 2020 · Three of the deadliest pandemics in recorded history were caused by a single bacterium, Yersinia pestis, a fatal infection otherwise known as the plague. The Plague of Justinian arrived in ...
Mar 30, 2020 · Cholera is caused by a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, and for most of human history it was restricted to the Ganges Delta. Then, in the eighteen-hundreds, steamships and colonialism sent ...
Jan 14, 2021 · The latter plague pandemic originated in the middle of the 19th century in the Yunnan region (China), reached Canton and spread to Hong Kong ( Zietz and Dunkelberg, 2004 ). In 1894, Alexandre Yersin discovered the bacteria, Y. pestis, in specimens of plague patients and dead rats in Hong Kong ( Yersin, 1894 ).
Apr 29, 2020 · The HIV/Aids pandemic began in the early 1980s and has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 32 million people. Gainty suggests the ongoing HIV/Aids pandemic illustrates how political the ...
Jun 1, 2020 · As larger cities developed, plagues began to appear. In 1350, the Black Death was responsible for killing one-third of the entire world population. 1 In 1665, the bubonic plague appeared in London, followed by 7 major cholera pandemics beginning in 1817, which eventually spread worldwide.
Apr 9, 2020 · The first in a series of short essays act as “signposts” to highlight historical research on prior responses to rapidly spreading disease among populations. Exploring the world’s previous experience with epidemics and pandemics, these posts aim to help a general audience learn how past responses offer enduring lessons for the future.
