Influenza: Biology, Transmission, Course, Complications, Prevention, and Treatment

Hillel W. Cohen; Christina M. Coyle

doi:10.4324/9781420006049-15

Influenza: Biology, Transmission, Course, Complications, Prevention, and Treatment

Hillel W. Cohen, Christina M. Coyle

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Worldwide, influenza is estimated to be the underlying cause of 250,000 to 500,000 deaths each year. This estimate is for a typical year and for typical strains of influenza virus. At least three times in the last century, worldwide pandemics of particularly virulent and deadly strains of influenza virus claimed the lives of millions more. The worst of these pandemics occurred from 1918 to 1919. Although record-keeping was poor, estimates of those who died in the pandemic range from 20 million to as many as 100 million, or one-twentieth of the world’s population at that time.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Threat to Occupational Health in the U.S. and Canada
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	277-304
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9781420006049
ISBN (Print)	9781420006049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781420006049-15
State	Published - Jan 1 2006
Externally published	Yes

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