Cross‐Protection between Successive Waves of the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic: Epidemiological Evidence from US Army Camps and from Britain | Zendy

John Barry | Zendy; Cécile Viboud | Zendy; Lone Simonsen | Zendy

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Cross‐Protection between Successive Waves of the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic: Epidemiological Evidence from US Army Camps and from Britain

Author(s) -

John Barry,

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 - 10.1086/592454

Subject(s) - pandemic , case fatality rate , epidemiology , medicine , influenza pandemic , preparedness , demography , mortality rate , human mortality from h5n1 , covid-19 , disease , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , sociology

The current worst-case scenario for pandemic influenza planning is based on the catastrophic 1918-1919 pandemic. In this article, we examine the strength of cross-protection between successive waves of the 1918-1919 pandemic, which has remained a long-standing issue of debate.

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