Pandemic Influenza Outbreak on a Troop Ship—Diary of a Soldier in 1918

A newly identified diary from a soldier in 1918 describes aspects of a troop ship outbreak of pandemic influenza. This diary is the only known document that describes this outbreak and provides information not officially documented concerning possible risk factors such as overcrowding and the subopt...

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Autor principal: Summers, Jennifer A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Another Dimension
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23092739
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1811.AD1811
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description A newly identified diary from a soldier in 1918 describes aspects of a troop ship outbreak of pandemic influenza. This diary is the only known document that describes this outbreak and provides information not officially documented concerning possible risk factors such as overcrowding and the suboptimal outbreak response by military leaders. It also presents an independent personal perspective of this overwhelming experience.
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spelling pubmed-35591392013-02-04 Pandemic Influenza Outbreak on a Troop Ship—Diary of a Soldier in 1918 Summers, Jennifer A. Emerg Infect Dis Another Dimension A newly identified diary from a soldier in 1918 describes aspects of a troop ship outbreak of pandemic influenza. This diary is the only known document that describes this outbreak and provides information not officially documented concerning possible risk factors such as overcrowding and the suboptimal outbreak response by military leaders. It also presents an independent personal perspective of this overwhelming experience. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3559139/ /pubmed/23092739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1811.AD1811 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559139/
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