2018 marks the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed~ 50
million people worldwide. The severity of this pandemic resulted from a complex interplay …

The potential impact of an influenza pandemic can be assessed by calculating a set of
transmissibility parameters, the most important being the reproduction number (R), which is …

Past influenza pandemics appear to be characterized by multiple waves of incidence, but
the mechanisms that account for this phenomenon remain unclear. We propose a simple …

Background Interventions aiming to promote active school travel (AST) are being
implemented globally to reverse AST decline. This systematic literature provides an update …

Mounting epidemiological evidence supports the occurrence of a mild herald pandemic
wave in the spring and summer of 1918 in North America and Europe, several months …

Background Whether morbidity from the 1918‐19 influenza pandemic discriminated by
socioeconomic status has remained a subject of debate for 100 years. In lack of data to …

Influenza is a major health problem worldwide. Both seasonal influenza and pandemics take
a major toll on the health and economy of our country. The present review focuses on the …

Background It is unclear why the severity of influenza varies in healthy adults or why the
burden of severe influenza shifts to young adults when pandemic strains emerge. One …

Seasonal influenza takes its most pronounced toll on children and the elderly, giving the
crude age-specific mortality rates a U-shape. In contrast, A (H1N1) 1918–20 pandemic …

Although much progress has been made to uncover age-specific mortality patterns of the
1918 influenza pandemic in populations around the world, more studies in different …