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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Travel Med
. 2020 Nov 4;taaa206.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa206. Online ahead of print.
Did coronaviruses cause 'influenza epidemics' prior to 1918?
G Dennis Shanks[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], John F Brundage[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
There were epidemics of influenza-like illness during the winters of 1915-6 and 1916-7 when mortality was low among infants and children but high among older adults (like SARS-CoV-2 but not influenza). Records suggest that 'influenza' epidemics preceding the 1918-9 pandemic were caused by multiple respiratory viruses possibly an undocumented coronavirus.
. 2020 Nov 4;taaa206.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa206. Online ahead of print.
Did coronaviruses cause 'influenza epidemics' prior to 1918?
G Dennis Shanks[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], John F Brundage[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33146375
- DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa206
Abstract
There were epidemics of influenza-like illness during the winters of 1915-6 and 1916-7 when mortality was low among infants and children but high among older adults (like SARS-CoV-2 but not influenza). Records suggest that 'influenza' epidemics preceding the 1918-9 pandemic were caused by multiple respiratory viruses possibly an undocumented coronavirus.