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Spanish flu in Italy: new data, new questions.
Authors: Fornasin A, Breschi M, Manfredini M Abstract This paper proposes a new estimate for the number of victims of Spanish flu in Italy and highlights some aspects of mortality closely linked to the First World War. The sources used are official death statistics and the Albo d'oro, a roll of honor of the Italians fallen in the First World War. The new estimate of deaths from the flu is 410,000 for 1918, which should be raised to 466,000 when the numbers are taken up to 1920. Deaths from Spanish flu among the military were about 70,000. The time sequence of deaths recognizes two distinct peaks, one in October and...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - March 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research

The first announcement about the 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic in Greece through the writings of the pioneer newspaper "Thessalia" almost a century ago.
Authors: Tsoucalas G, Karachaliou F, Kalogirou V, Gatos G, Mavrogiannaki E, Antoniou A, Gatos K Abstract A local pioneer newspaper, "Thessalia", was the first to announce the arrival of "Spanish Flu" in Greece. It was July 19th 1918 when an epidemic outbreak occurred in the city of Patras. Until then, "Thessalia" had dealt in depth with the flu pandemic in the Greek district of Thessaly, informing the readers of the measures taken, as well as the social and economic aspects of the flu. PMID: 25819057 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - December 12, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research

Epidemiological and clinical features of Spanish flu in the city of Ferrara and in Italy. Containment rules and health measures adopted in the past to fight the pandemic
Infez Med. 2021 Sep 10;29(3):475-487. doi: 10.53854/liim-2903-20. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTThe "Spanish" flu has often been described as the "Greatest Medical Holocaust in History" and most victims were young and healthy. In Italy, as elsewhere, this pandemic influenza struck in three successive and close waves with incredible speed in a very short time. The virus first arrived in a few Italian regions and gripped the country in an epidemic clamp. When the flu hit Ferrara, the health authorities began to claim that it was no more or less like the same disease that Ferrara had also experienced in the 19th century, although ...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - February 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Carlo Contini Chiara Beatrice Vicentini Source Type: research