![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Consequently, it was very difficult to assess the impact of the disease at the time.Īlthough official communications issued by health authorities worldwide expressed certainty about the etiology of the infection, in laboratories it was not always possible to isolate the famous Pfeiffer’s bacillus, which was, at that time, deemed to be the cause of influenza. In order to avoid alarming the public, several local health authorities refused to reveal the numbers of people affected and deaths. However, healthy young adults were also affected. “Spanish flu”, as the infection was dubbed, hit different age-groups, displaying a so-called “W-trend”, typically with two spikes in children and the elderly. In addition, its socioeconomic consequences were huge. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people worldwide. In Europe in 1918, influenza spread through Spain, France, Great Britain and Italy, causing havoc with military operations during the First World War. ![]()
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