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Methods: We used data from the Spanish Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System to estimate weekly influenza rates and the number of influenza-like illness (ILI) and mild confirmed influenza cases (MCIC).
1 wrz 2008 · The 1918–1919 influenza pandemic was the most devastating epidemic in modern history. Here, we review epidemiological and historical data about the 1918–1919 influenza epidemic in Spain. On 22 May 1918, the epidemic was a headline in Madrid's ABC newspaper.
1 wrz 2008 · An estimate of the reproductive number for 1918 pandemic influenza is obtained by fitting a deterministic SEIR (susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered) model to pneumonia and influenza death epidemic curves from 45 US cities, which suggests that the median value is less than three.
1 wrz 2008 · Abstract. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic was the most devastating epidemic in modern history. Here, we review epidemiological and historical data about the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic in Spain. On 22 May 1918, the epidemic was a headline in Madrid's ABC newspaper.
The Spanish flu infected around 500 million people, about one-third of the world's population. Estimates as to how many infected people died vary greatly, but the flu is regardless considered to be one of the deadliest pandemics in history. An early estimate from 1927 put global mortality at 21.6 million.
Seasons with dominance/co-dominance of influenza A(H3N2) virus presented high intensities in older adults. The 2004/05 influenza season showed the highest influenza-intensity level for all age groups. In 12 seasons, the epidemic started between week 50 and week 3.
Peninsula and the Americas (Co-edited volume with Mar í a-Isabel Porras-Gallo, forth-coming in 2014) The Spanish Flu Narrative and Cultural Identity in Spain, 1918 Ryan A. Davis . ... Verg é s’s inability to forget the Spanish influenza epidemic stands in stark contrast to what until recently has been a general inability to remember it.
