Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic

Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic

Summary Contemporary medical reports from Britain and Germany on patients suffering from a pandemic infection between 1889 and 1891, which was historically referred to as the Russian flu, share a number of characteristics with COVID‐19. Most notable are aspects of multisystem affections comprising r...

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Main Authors: Harald Brüssow, Lutz Brüssow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Microbial Biotechnology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13889
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spelling doaj-50217da4650045e18b0d61036ecf774c2021-09-18T18:26:29ZengWileyMicrobial Biotechnology1751-79152021-09-011451860187010.1111/1751-7915.13889Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemicHarald Brüssow0Lutz Brüssow1Department of Biosystems Laboratory of Gene Technology KU Leuven Leuven BelgiumInternal Medicine, Angiology and Gastroenterology Specialist Neuss GermanySummary Contemporary medical reports from Britain and Germany on patients suffering from a pandemic infection between 1889 and 1891, which was historically referred to as the Russian flu, share a number of characteristics with COVID‐19. Most notable are aspects of multisystem affections comprising respiratory, gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms including loss of taste and smell perception; a protracted recovery resembling long covid and pathology observations of thrombosis in multiple organs, inflammation and rheumatic affections. As in COVID‐19 and unlike in influenza, mortality was seen in elderly subjects while children were only weakly affected. Contemporary reports noted trans‐species infection between pet animals or horses and humans, which would concur with a cross‐infection by a broad host range bovine coronavirus dated by molecular clock arguments to an about 1890 cross‐species infection event.https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13889
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title Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic
title_short Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic
title_full Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic
title_fullStr Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic
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description Summary Contemporary medical reports from Britain and Germany on patients suffering from a pandemic infection between 1889 and 1891, which was historically referred to as the Russian flu, share a number of characteristics with COVID‐19. Most notable are aspects of multisystem affections comprising respiratory, gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms including loss of taste and smell perception; a protracted recovery resembling long covid and pathology observations of thrombosis in multiple organs, inflammation and rheumatic affections. As in COVID‐19 and unlike in influenza, mortality was seen in elderly subjects while children were only weakly affected. Contemporary reports noted trans‐species infection between pet animals or horses and humans, which would concur with a cross‐infection by a broad host range bovine coronavirus dated by molecular clock arguments to an about 1890 cross‐species infection event.
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