Milan’s forgotten epidemic of summer 1629, a few months before the last great plague: An investigation into the possible cause

An epidemic not attributable to plague caused thousands of deaths in Milan in the summer of 1629, a time of war and famine that immediately preceded the even more fatal Great Plague of 1630 that killed an estimated ten of thousands of people. The 5,993 deaths of 1629 recorded in the Liber Mortuorum...

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Main Authors: Massimo Galli, Letizia Oreni, Anna Lisa Ridolfo, Angelo Formenti, Ester Luconi, Patrizia Boracchi, Spinello Antinori, Elia Biganzoli, Folco Vaglienti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10249863/?tool=EBI