Back to the future: lessons learned from the 1918 influenza pandemic

KR Short, K Kedzierska… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Historical and clinical aspects of the 1918 H1N1 pandemic in the United States

B Jester, TM Uyeki, DB Jernigan, TM Tumpey - Virology, 2019 - Elsevier
One hundred years have passed since the 1918 influenza pandemic caused substantial
illness globally, with an estimated 50 million deaths. A number of factors, including World …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from more than a century of pandemics and current vaccine development for pandemic control

P Buchy, Y Buisson, O Cintra, DE Dwyer… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pandemic dynamics and health care responses are markedly different during the COVID-19
pandemic than in earlier outbreaks. Compared with established infectious disease such as …

Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

J Dimka, TP van Doren… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths
in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a …

[HTML][HTML] Improvements and persisting challenges in COVID-19 response compared with 1918–19 influenza pandemic response, New Zealand (Aotearoa)

J Summers, A Kvalsvig, LT Barnard… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Exploring the results of the COVID-19 response in New Zealand (Aotearoa) is warranted so
that insights can inform future pandemic planning. We compared the COVID-19 response in …

On the centenary of the Spanish flu: being prepared for the next pandemic

WJ Liu, Y Bi, D Wang, GF Gao - Virologica Sinica, 2018 - Springer
Influenza is one of the oldest infectious diseases affecting humans. Every influenza
pandemic in history has ended with disastrous outcomes regarding public health and the …

Health challenges of the Pacific region: insights from history, geography, social determinants, genetics, and the microbiome

PF Horwood, A Tarantola, C Goarant, M Matsui… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Pacific region, also referred to as Oceania, is a geographically widespread region
populated by people of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Indigenous people in the region …

Have Diagnostics, Therapies, and Vaccines Made the Difference in the Pandemic Evolution of COVID-19 in Comparison with “Spanish Flu”?

F Lista, MS Peragallo, R Biselli, R De Santis, S Mariotti… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 1918 many countries, but not Spain, were fighting World War I. Spanish press could report
about the diffusion and severity of a new infection without censorship for the first-time, so that …

ALS and environment: Clues from spatial clustering?

PS Spencer, E Lagrange, W Camu - Revue Neurologique, 2019 - Elsevier
A role for environmental factors in the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerocis (ALS) has
been suspected for many years. A large body of work has implicated common exposures …

COVID-19 versus the 1918 influenza pandemic: different virus, different age mortality patterns

GD Shanks - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 and the SARS-CoV 2 pandemic of 2020 had markedly
different age mortality patterns. Influenza in 1918 particularly killed young adults whereas …