Open AccessEpidemiologic Characterization of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Summer Wave in Copenhagen: Implications for Pandemic Control Strategies
Author(s) -
Viggo Andreasen,
Cécile Viboud,
Lone Simonsen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/524065
Subject(s) - pandemic , demography , influenza pandemic , case fatality rate , population , medicine , human mortality from h5n1 , geography , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , sociology
The 1918-1919 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic killed approximately 50 million people worldwide. Historical records suggest that an early pandemic wave struck Europe during the summer of 1918.
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