The 1918-20 influenza pandemic : : a retrospective in the time of COVID-19 / / Prema-chandra Athukorala, Chaturica Athukorala.
The pandemic of 1918-20-commonly known as the Spanish flu-infected over a quarter of the world's population and killed over fifty million people. It is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by an infectious disease in modern history. Epidemiologists and health scientists often draw o...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2022. |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in development economics
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (67 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Nov 2022). |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Why Revisit the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic?; 2. Origin and global spread; 3. Mortality: Count and Demographic Profile; 4. Geography of Mortality; 5. Public Policy Response; 6. Socio-economic Impact; 7. Lessons; Appendix: Mortality of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic.