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Erschienen in: Journal of Neural Transmission 2/2009

01.02.2009 | Parkinson's Disease and Allied Conditions - Original Article

Encephalitis lethargica and influenza. I. The role of the influenza virus in the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919

verfasst von: Paul Bernard Foley

Erschienen in: Journal of Neural Transmission | Ausgabe 2/2009

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Abstract

An investigation of the characteristics of influenza epidemics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was undertaken, principally in order to analyze the role of the 1918/1919 influenza pandemic in the etiology of encephalitis lethargica. Expectations regarding a future influenza pandemic derive principally from experiences in the 1918 epidemic. It is proposed that this pandemic was atypical with respect to many of its features, and that these have not been appropriately regarded in mapping expectations and responses of a future pandemic. Both a longer historical viewpoint (incorporating knowledge from all major nineteenth and twentieth century epidemics) and closer examination of individual epidemics at the town level is essential for producing an accurate picture of the challenge.
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Metadaten
Titel
Encephalitis lethargica and influenza. I. The role of the influenza virus in the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919
verfasst von
Paul Bernard Foley
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2009
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Journal of Neural Transmission / Ausgabe 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0300-9564
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-1463
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-008-0161-1

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