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The Spanish flu hit different age-groups, displaying a so-called “W-trend”, with infections typically peaking in children and the elderly, with an intermediate spike in healthy young adults.
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.
The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic appeared in Breslau (now Wrocław), Poland, in October 1918, causing high mortality. The “W-shaped” age-specific mortality pattern indicated in the graph was seen worldwide. Influenza age-specific mortality is usually U-shaped with higher mortality in infants and the elderly.
The influenza A H1N1 infection known as “Spanish flu” is estimated to have affected more than 500 million people. Once again, the planet is facing a viral infection of enormous proportions.
A diagram shows symptoms of the influenza pandemic of 1918–19, including fever, aches, pneumonia, nausea, and diarrhea. Why was the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 called the Spanish flu? The infographic explains that, during World War I, Spain was neutral, so newspapers could report freely on the outbreak occurring there. In contrast ...
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.
27 kwi 2023 · A nosocomial outbreak is defined by the diagnosis of healthcare-associated influenza infection (at least one of the cases with microbiological confirmation) in two or more patients admitted to the same ward in a period of less than 48 h (A-II).
