GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Influenza A Virus Subtype H5N1, Hand Washing, Influenza A Virus Subtype H7N9
27 Mar 2016
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Children"s rhymes:i had a litle lamb, its name was enza. Passed on by people talking or sneezing (one droplet of that it"ll last six hours) Early alicions and large mortaliies in spain gave the lu the nickname spanish flu . Allegedly killed 8 million in may of 1918 (spain) The inluenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the great war, known today as ww1, at somewhere between 20-50 million people. It has been cited as most devastaing epidemic in recorded history. Oddity normally inluence is a mild diseapse only very young and very old die from disease. High morbidity but low morality rates this strain was most dangerous to people aged 21-29 years. Normally inluenza epidemics have a morality rate less than 0. 1% The spanish lu had a mortality rate of 2. 5% Dr for 15-34 year olds of inluenza and pneumonia 20 imes higher in 1918. Usa deaths 500,000 to 600, 000.
