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A 2009 study in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses based on data from fourteen European countries estimated a total of 2.64 million excess deaths in Europe attributable to the Spanish flu during the major 1918–1919 phase of the pandemic, in line with the three prior studies from 1991, 2002, and 2006 that calculated a European death toll ...
Many theories about the origins and progress of the Spanish flu persisted in the literature, but it was not until 2005, when various samples of lung tissue were recovered from American World War I soldiers and from an Inupiat woman buried in permafrost in a mass grave in Brevig Mission, Alaska, that significant genetic research was made possible.
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic is commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, and caused millions of deaths worldwide. To maintain morale, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany , the United Kingdom , France , and the United States .
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Standardized assessments have been developed to identify social emotional concerns as young as 6 months old. [35] Below is a list of some more widely used parent-report screening measures and comprehensive assessments: [34] Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional (ASQ-SE) [35] Appropriate for children ages 6–60 months
Influenza pandemic or flu season Transmissibility Clinical Severity Spanish flu pandemic: 5: 7 1957–1958 influenza pandemic: 4: 4 1968 influenza pandemic: 4: 3 1977-1978 influenza epidemic: 2: 2 2006-2007 flu season: 1: 1 2007-2008 flu season: 2: 3 2009 swine flu pandemic: 3: 2
Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic by country (10 C) Pages in category "Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total.
Ethel Dickenson. Ethel Gertrude Dickenson (July 6, 1880 – October 26, 1918) was an educator and nurse born in St. John's, Newfoundland.She is noted as being one of the Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador for her tireless work and death in the care of patients during the outbreak of Spanish influenza at St. John's in 1918.