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Jan 2, 2019 · In February 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (“Asian Flu”). This H2N2 virus was comprised of three different genes from an H2N2 virus that originated from an avian influenza A virus, including the H2 hemagglutinin and the N2 neuraminidase genes.
On the symposium of Asian influenza in 1958, a range of CFR from 0.01% to 0.33% was provided, most frequently in between 0.02% and 0.05%. More recently, the World Health Organization estimated the CFR of Asian flu to be lower than 0.2%. In the US pandemic preparedness plan, the CDC estimated the CFR of 1957 pandemic to be 0.1%.
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Jan 12, 2021 · The Asian flu of 1957-58 was a deadly pandemic with a broader reach for severe outcomes than Covid-19 of 2020. It killed between 1 and 4 million people worldwide, and 116,000 in the US in a time with half the population. It was a leading contributor to a year in which the US saw 62,000 excess deaths.
The 1957 influenza pandemic (the "Asian flu") was one of the famous influenza pandemics in history.The "Asian Flu" was a category 2 flu pandemic outbreak of avian influenza that originated in China in early 1956 lasting until 1958.
1957 flu pandemic, outbreak of influenza that was first identified in February 1957 in East Asia and that subsequently spread to countries worldwide. The outbreak caused an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 deaths worldwide and is considered to have been the least severe of the three 20th-century influenza pandemics.
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- Where did the 1957 flu pandemic originate?The 1957 outbreak of influenza was first detected in Singapore in February that year. In the months that followed, the outbreak spread to Hong Kong...
- How many deaths were caused by the 1957 flu pandemic?The 1957 flu pandemic caused an estimated one million to two million deaths worldwide and is generally considered to have been the least severe of...
- How did the 1957 flu pandemic impact flu vaccine development?The 1957 flu pandemic was caused by influenza H2N2 virus, to which few people had previous exposure. A vaccine was rapidly developed against H2N2,...
- Why did the 1957 flu cause some people to become more ill than others?The 1957 flu outbreak was associated with variation in susceptibility and course of influenza illness. Some infected individuals experienced only m...
Aug 1, 2009 · So wrote J Corbett McDonald of the Public Health Laboratory Service, to Ian Watson, Director of the College of General Practitioners' Epidemic Observation Unit in the autumn of 1957. He was referring to that year's Asian flu pandemic. In the event, neither the Unit nor the PHLS undertook any large scale research projects during the outbreak and ...
May 7, 2024 · Last updated May 7, 2024 9:49 am (EST) Summary. Outbreaks of a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu are being reported in regions and in animals that have never encountered the viral disease...
