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1889–90 flu, People infected (est.) number: please review source. There are two diverging statements: 20–60% vs 60% (45–70%). Which one is more relevant? For the 1918 flu, people infected numbers (500 million), mortality rate (2~3%) contradict the deaths worldwide "20–100 million" statements. Review needed. Lead: Johnson NPAS, Mueller ...
1957–1958 influenza pandemic ('Asian flu') 1957–1958 Worldwide Influenza A virus subtype H2N2: 1–4 million [187] [203] [204] 1960–1962 Ethiopia yellow fever epidemic 1960–1962 Ethiopia: Yellow fever: 30,000 [205] Seventh cholera pandemic: 1961–present Worldwide Cholera (El Tor strain) 36,000 [citation needed] [206] Hong Kong flu ...
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This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, discoveries and developments of vaccines.In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.
The H1N1 form of swine flu is one of the descendants of the strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] As well as persisting in pigs, the descendants of the 1918 virus have also circulated in humans through the 20th century, contributing to the normal seasonal epidemics of influenza. [ 72 ]
President Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency last weekend. While U.S. officials insist the move is not a reaction to new developments but a preventive measure, it comes just ...
Isolated countries like Albania reported the first cases of the flu in December 1969, reaching a peak in infections in the first months of the year 1970. [38] In Berlin , the excessive number of deaths led to corpses being stored in subway tunnels, and in West Germany , garbage collectors had to bury the dead because of a lack of undertakers.
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization's top flu expert said the group is on the verge of declaring the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years. Confirmed community spread in a second ...