1951 Influenza Epidemic, England and Wales, Canada, and the United States

1951 Influenza Epidemic, England and Wales, Canada, and the United States

Influenza poses a continuing public health threat in epidemic and pandemic seasons. The 1951 influenza epidemic (A/H1N1) caused an unusually high death toll in England; in particular, weekly deaths in Liverpool even surpassed those of the 1918 pandemic. We further quantified the death rate of the 19...

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Main Authors: Cécile Viboud, Theresa Tam, Douglas Fleming, Mark A Miller, Lone Simonsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza
pneumonia
excess mortality
pandemic
epidemic
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/4/05-0695_article

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