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Abstract There were epidemics of influenza-like illness during the winters of 1915–6 and 1916–7 when mortality was low among infants and children but high among older adults (like SARS-CoV-2 but… Click to show full abstract
Abstract There were epidemics of influenza-like illness during the winters of 1915–6 and 1916–7 when mortality was low among infants and children but high among older adults (like SARS-CoV-2 but not influenza). Records suggest that ‘influenza’ epidemics preceding the 1918–9 pandemic were caused by multiple respiratory viruses possibly an undocumented coronavirus.
Keywords:
medicine;
prior 1918;
coronaviruses cause;
cause influenza;
influenza epidemics;
epidemics prior
Journal Title: Journal of Travel Medicine
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Journal of Travel Medicine
Year Published: 2020
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