The 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia

The 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia

To quantify age-specific excess-mortality rates and transmissibility patterns for the 1918–20 influenza pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia, we reviewed archival mortality records. We identified a severe pandemic wave during October 1918–January1919 associated with 40 excess deaths per 10,000 population. T...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Chowell, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Mark A. Miller, Rodolfo Acuna-Soto, Juan M. Ospina Díaz, Abel Fernando Martínez-Martín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza
1918–19 pandemic
Boyacá
Colombia
transmissibility
excess deaths
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/10-1969_article

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