List of epidemics
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Plague panel with the triumph of death. 1607–35, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin
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An artistic portrayal of cholera which was epidemic in the 19th century
This article is a list of epidemics of infectious disease. Widespread and chronic complaints such as heart disease and allergy are not included if they are not thought to be infectious.
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- ^ Plague of Justinian
- ^ Black Death
- ^ American plague, New Scientist
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- ^ American plague, New Scientist
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- ^ American Indian Epidemics
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- ^ Prichard, Augustin; Fothergill, John (1894). "Influenza in 1775". The Lancet 143 (3673): 175–176. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)66026-4.
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- ^ The History of Small-Pox in Australia, 1788-1908, JHL Cumpston, (1914, Government Printer, Melb.)This epidemic is unlikely to have been a natural event. see, Warren (2013) doi 10.1080/14443058.2013.849750 [After Cook] and coinciding with Colonisation
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- ^ "Tiger mosquitoes and the history of yellow fever and dengue in Spain". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Andrew Davidson (1893). Hygiene & diseases of warm climates. Pentland. p. 337. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g J. N. Hays (2005). Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-658-9. Retrieved 29 March 2011.[page needed]
- ^ Yellow Fever – LoveToKnow 1911
- ^ "Aboriginal Health History". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Barry Leadbeater. "South Australian History Timeline (19th Century)". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ A History of the Human Plague in Iran, Mohammad Azizi, Farzaneh Azizi
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kuhnke, Laverne. Lives at Risk: Public Health in Nineteenth-Century Egypt. ark.cdlib.org, Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Gallagher, Nancy. Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health. Syracuse University Press, c1990. Published by the American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 977-424-295-5[page needed]
- ^ Gallagher, The Reverend John A. (1936). "The Irish Emigration of 1847 and Its Canadian Consequences". Canadian Catholic Historical Association Report, University of Manitoba Web site. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ a s, &NA; (July 1849). "On the Influenza, or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever of 1847-8". American Journal of the Medical Sciences 18 (35): 148–54. doi:10.1097/00000441-184907000-00018.
- ^ Practitioner. 1877. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ [1] About Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853
- ^ John Snow (1855). On the mode of communication of cholera. John Churchill. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Pryor, E.G. (1975). "The Great Plague of Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Hong Kong Branch (Hong Kong Branch)) 1975: 69.
- ^ "Australian Medical Pioneers Index (AMPI) – Colonial Medical Life". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Beveridge, W.I.B. Influenza, the Last Great Plague (Heinemann, London, 1977)[page needed]
- ^ "1902Encyclopedia.com". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Cited in: Howlin, Diego (2004). "Vómito Negro, Historia de la fiebre amarilla, en Buenos Aires de 1871", Revista Persona.
- ^ "Death of Forty Thousand Fijians from Measles". Liverpool Mercury. 29 Sep 1875. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.
- ^ Plague – LoveToKnow 1911
- ^ Great Britain. Local Government Board (1893). Further report and papers on epidemic influenza, 1889–92: with an introduction by the medical officer of the Local Government Board. Eyre. Retrieved 29 March 2011.[page needed]
- ^ African trypanosomiasis, WHO
- ^ Echenberg, Myron (2007). Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague: 1894–1901. Sacramento: New York University Press. p. 231. ISBN 0-8147-2232-6.
- ^ Reanalyzing the 1900–1920 sleeping sickness epidemic in Uganda
- ^ Texas Department of State Health Services, History of Plague
- ^ In Memory of the 1910 Harbin Plague
- ^ Patterson, KD; Pyle GF (Spring 1991). "The geography and mortality of the 1918 influenza pandemic". Bull Hist Med. 65 (1): 4–21. PMID 2021692.
- ^ a b William E. Paul (1 May 2008). Fundamental immunology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-6519-0. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Geschiedenis 24 - Polio in Staphorst. Geschiedenis24.nl (2010-11-17). Retrieved on 2014-05-12.
- ^ "New, Deadly Flu Strain Detected in Albany Co". Schenectady Gazette. Associated Press. January 24, 1975. p. 3. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ UNAIDS (2010) report on the global AIDS epidemic'
- ^ Dengue in the Americas: The Epidemics of 2000
- ^ "Nigeria cholera outbreak kills 400". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Cholera Spreads Through South Africa Townships". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Bertherat, E; Bekhoucha, S; Chougrani, S; Razik, F; Duchemin, JB; Houti, L; Deharib, L; Fayolle, C; et al. (2007). "Plague reappearance in Algeria after 50 years, 2003". Emerging Infectious Diseases 13 (10): 1459–62. doi:10.3201/eid1310.070284. PMC 2851531. PMID 18257987.
- ^ "World Health Organization action in Afghanistan aims to control debilitating leishmaniasis". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Faruque, Shah M.; Johirul Islam, M.; Shafi Ahmad, Qazi; Faruque, A. S. G.; Sack, David A.; Balakrish Nair, G.; Mekalanos, John J. (2005). "Self-limiting nature of seasonal cholera epidemics: Role of host-mediated amplification of phage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (17): 6119–6124. Bibcode:2005PNAS..102.6119F. doi:10.1073/pnas.0502069102. JSTOR 3375263.
- ^ Staff Reporter. "Cholera epidemic takes hold in Senegal". The M&G Online. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Mali: Yellow fever epidemic in Kayes
- ^ Worst cholera outbreak in Angola, BBC
- ^ Malaria Epidemic Sweeps Northeast India
- ^ "Dengue epidemic threatens India's capital". News-Medical.net. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "WHO - Chikungunya in India". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Mourners die as fever grips Congo." Sydney Morning Herald, August 30, 2007
- ^ Xan Rice. "Fatal outbreak not a cholera epidemic, insists Ethiopia". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Cholera death toll in India rises, BBC News
- ^ Cholera outbreak in Iraq growing, Associated Press
- ^ Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria, BBC News
- ^ Dengue fever epidemic hits Caribbean, Latin America, Reuters
- ^ "Somalia cholera death fears grow". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Cholera epidemic losing its sting
- ^ Cambodia suffers worst dengue epidemic, 407 dead, Reuters
- ^ Cholera epidemic in western Chad kills 123
- ^ Madagascar: eighteen dead from Bubonic Plague, five in hospital since 1 January 2008
- ^ "Dengue cases in Philippines rise by 43 percent: government". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Vietnam PM urges action against diarrhea outbreak, Thanh Nien Daily
- ^ "Dengue fever epidemic hits northern Australia". bmj.com. March 9, 2009.
- ^ "West Africa has worst meningitis epidemic for 10 years". bmj.com. April 21, 2009.
- ^ "First Global Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Mortality Released by CDC-Led Collaboration". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012-06-25.
- ^ "2009 Swine-Flu Death Toll 10 Times Higher Than Thought". LiveScience.com. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population official cholera report
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- ^ "Doctorswithoutborders.org". MSF USA. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo: More measles vaccinations needed". Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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- ^ "BMC Infectious Diseases - Full text - Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children who died from hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam, 2011". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Yuill, Thomas M; Woodall, John P; Baekeland, Susan (2013). "Latest outbreak news from ProMED-mail. Yellow fever outbreak-Darfur Sudan and Chad". Int J Inf Dis 17: e476–e478.
- ^ Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia. World Health Organisation (2015-06-11). Retrieved on 2015-06-20.
- ^ Situation summary Latest available situation summary, 26 June 2015. World Health Organisation (2015-06-19). Retrieved on 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Número de casos informados de artritis epidémica chikungunya en las Américas - SE 5 (February 6, 2015)". Pan American Health Organization. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Odisha grapples with jaundice outbreak". Deccan Herald. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Press Trust of India (March 21, 2015). "Swine flu deaths at 1895; number of cases near 32K mark". The Indian Express. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "India struggles with deadly swine flu outbreak". BBC News. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Death toll Gujarat". Business Standard. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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