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Transmissibility and geographic spread of the 1889 influenza pandemic

Transmissibility and geographic spread of the 1889 influenza pandemic

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Transmissibility and geographic spread of the 1889 influenza pandemic

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Transmissibility and geographic spread of the 1889 influenza pandemic

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2010-05, Vol.107 (19), p.8778-8781

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Until now, mortality and spreading mechanisms of influenza pandemics have been studied only for the 1918, 1957, and 1968 pandemics; none have concerned the 19th century. Herein, we examined the 1889 "Russian" pandemic. Clinical attack rates were retrieved for 408 geographic entities in 14 European countries and in the United States. Case fatality r...

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Transmissibility and geographic spread of the 1889 influenza pandemic

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2889325

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2889325

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1000886107

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