When did the 1918 pandemic "officially" end?

[Skatman]

Re: When did the 1918 pandemic "officially" end?

I thought the Ft. Dix outbreak was confined to Ft. Dix. So where did the Wisconsin case fit in? I guess it's back to the reports, however, my foggy memory tells me that the Ft. Dix problem started from a pig farmer (from Wisconsin???)

yep, looking at the swine list above, there are two 1976 cases from Wisconsin. AND there's a 1976 swine case in New Jersey.....looks like the little piggy from Wisconsin went to town in New jersey.

There are a total of 13 samples from 1976, spanning 7 states.

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ADenise,

The Swine cases in Wisconsin was the pregnant woman who died and had attended a fair where swine were later found with the virus were located although evidence showed she had no direct contact with swine. I am not sure about the five states other than Wisconsin and NJ where the PtoH transmission occurred. I do know that over the years H1N1 has been found in swine in Iowa, Ohio and Tennessee. I don't remember seeing anything on the KY and IL cases but it would seem plausible since they border the other states.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: When did the 1918 pandemic "officially" end?

The Swine cases in Wisconsin was the pregnant woman who died and had attended a fair where swine were later found with the virus were located although evidence showed she had no direct contact with swine.

It seems reasonable that those swine bugs spread around the fairgrounds via hands or shoes of anyone visiting the swine exhibit.

It's always seemed odd that while a pregnant woman's body is set up to protect a fetus, it also reduces her ability to resist influenza. So sad.

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