Add to ORKGBy Ida Milne Monster representing the influenza virus. E. Noble, c. 1918. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. This season’s higher than normal influenza cases has inevitably drawn comparisons with the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, the worst in modern history. It killed more than 40 million people, according to the World Health Organisation. It punctured medical doctors’ newfound confidence in the power of bacteriology to fight infectious disease. In Ireland, it killed at least 23,000 people (..
Periodically, novel influenza viruses emerge and spread rapidly through susceptible populations, res...
In the final year of the “war to end all wars”, the world would be plagued by a new universal enemy:...
Influenza remains one of the major killers in modern society. In addition to the mortality it causes...
The influenza pandemic of 1918 is the biggest health catastrophe in history. Taking advantage of the...
Editor's Note: As we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us continue to se...
One hundred years ago the “Spanish” influenza pandemic took an estimated 675,000 American lives. Nin...
Parution - A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics: Death, Panic and Hysteria, 1830-1920 Mark Ho...
The word Influenza comes from mid–18th century Italian and literally means ‘influence’. Similar to h...
Because of their dramatic impact, morbidity and mortality associ-ated with influenza have been recog...
The catastrophic H1N1 pandemic of 1918, which killed tens of millions, is now legendary, and influen...
worldwide with remarkable speed. Approximately 500 million people were infected, and the death toll ...
The Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 rocked the world as the deadliest epidemic of all time, yet t...
This paper addresses the historical significance of the 1918 Influenza and its effect on society. Th...
PhDBoth the 1918-19 ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic and the 1889-93 ‘Russian’ influenza pandemic resu...
Most of us are familiar with the flu, a 24-48 hour period of feeling miserable with bouts of nausea,...
Periodically, novel influenza viruses emerge and spread rapidly through susceptible populations, res...
In the final year of the “war to end all wars”, the world would be plagued by a new universal enemy:...
Influenza remains one of the major killers in modern society. In addition to the mortality it causes...
The influenza pandemic of 1918 is the biggest health catastrophe in history. Taking advantage of the...
Editor's Note: As we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us continue to se...
One hundred years ago the “Spanish” influenza pandemic took an estimated 675,000 American lives. Nin...
Parution - A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics: Death, Panic and Hysteria, 1830-1920 Mark Ho...
The word Influenza comes from mid–18th century Italian and literally means ‘influence’. Similar to h...
Because of their dramatic impact, morbidity and mortality associ-ated with influenza have been recog...
The catastrophic H1N1 pandemic of 1918, which killed tens of millions, is now legendary, and influen...
worldwide with remarkable speed. Approximately 500 million people were infected, and the death toll ...
The Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 rocked the world as the deadliest epidemic of all time, yet t...
This paper addresses the historical significance of the 1918 Influenza and its effect on society. Th...
PhDBoth the 1918-19 ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic and the 1889-93 ‘Russian’ influenza pandemic resu...
Most of us are familiar with the flu, a 24-48 hour period of feeling miserable with bouts of nausea,...
Periodically, novel influenza viruses emerge and spread rapidly through susceptible populations, res...
In the final year of the “war to end all wars”, the world would be plagued by a new universal enemy:...
Influenza remains one of the major killers in modern society. In addition to the mortality it causes...