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The 1957–1958 Asian flu pandemic was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 that originated in Guizhou in Southern China. [3] [4] [1] The number of excess deaths caused by the pandemic is estimated to be 1–4 million around the world (1957–1958 and probably beyond), making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.
The "Asian Flu" was a category 2 flu pandemic outbreak of influenzavirus A that first appeared in Guizhou, China in early 1957 and lasted until 1958. [6] The first cases were reported in Singapore in February 1957. In February 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (“Asian Flu”).
The Asian Flu was a pandemic outbreak of H2N2 avian influenza that originated in China in 1957, spread worldwide that same year during which an influenza vaccine was developed, lasted until 1958 and caused between one and four million deaths.
The Asian flu or 1957–58 influenza pandemic was an influenza pandemic which originated in China. Asian flu may also refer to: Influenza A virus subtype H2N2, the virus that caused the pandemic; 1997 Asian financial crisis
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Existing studies show that H10 influenza viruses are present in a wide range of domestic and wild avian species, as well as in mammals, showing potential for adaptation. [2] H10N3 has been isolated across a wide geographic distribution, including in species such as domestic poultry (chickens), [ 2 ] ducks, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] other waterfowl, and ...
Bahasa Indonesia; Interlingua; ... Influenza, commonly known as the flu, ... The first of these was the Asian flu from 1957 to 1958, ...
Excess pneumonia and influenza and all-cause mortality rates in 1968–1969 were 6.2 and 21.8 per 100,000, respectively, as opposed to 16.6 and 58.9 per 100,000, respectively, in 1967–1968. [99] Influenza reappeared in France about mid-November 1969, originating in the southwest.