The Spanish Flu in US Forces and the Modern Response to Surveillance

Abstract

The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people than died in World War I. True. WWI casualties estimated at 16 million. 1918 influenza epidemic casualties estimated at 50 million (some estimate 100 million). Army: > 1 million hospitalized, > 44,000 deaths. Navy: approximately 5,000 deaths. Death rate was 25% higher in Army population than civilian population of the US.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 2019
Accession Number
AD1085527

Entities

People

  • Alice E. Barsoumian

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacterial Pneumonia
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Hygiene
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mers-Cov
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Public Health
  • Quarantine
  • Vaccines
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting