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GRIPPE ESPAGNOLE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Influenza that caused several waves of pandemic in 1918-1919, resulting in more than 20 million deaths worldwide; it was particularly severe in Spain (hence the name), but now is thought to have originated in the U.S. as a form of swine influenza.

CONT

The Spanish flu pandemic is the catastrophe against which all modern pandemics are measured. Many people died from this very quickly. Some people who felt well in the morning became sick by noon, and were dead by nightfall. Those who did not succumb to the disease within the first few days often died of complications from the flu (such as pneumonia) caused by bacteria. One of the most unusual aspects of the Spanish flu was its ability to kill young adults.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

La plus meurtrière évocation de la grippe demeure la tristement célèbre pandémie de 1918-19 ou «Grippe espagnole», qui a touché le quart de la population mondiale de l'époque (500 millions de personnes) et décimée environ 40 millions de personnes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades víricas
  • Epidemiología
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa viral, que mató entre 25 y 40 millones de personas en todo el mundo entre 1918 y 1919.

OBS

Se cree que ha sido la más letal pandemia en la historia de la humanidad, con mortalidad mayor que la Peste Negra y el SIDA.

OBS

La influenza española recibió ese nombre porque España sufrío un brote temprano y agudo, pero no se originó allí. Su verdadero origen permanece incierto. La primera cepa fue lo bastante leve para que la mayoría de las fuerzas militares de la Primera Guerra Mundial la descartaran, considerándola una molestia pasajera. En cambio, cuando la segunda cepa atacó a Norteamérica en el verano de 1918, el virus causó una ola de muertes.

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