What really happened during the 1918 influenza pandemic? The importance of bacterial secondary infections  


J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 1;196(11):1717-8; author reply 1718-9.   doi: 10.1086/522355.  



Authors  


John F Brundage, G Dennis Shanks  




● PMID:   18008258  

● DOI:   10.1086/522355  


No abstract available  

Publication types  


● Historical Article  
● Letter  
● Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.  
● Comment  


MeSH terms  


● Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use  
● Bacterial Infections / etiology  
● Bacterial Infections / history*  
● Bacterial Infections / mortality  
● Disease Outbreaks / history*  
● Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data  
● History, 20th Century  
● Humans  
● Influenza Vaccines / therapeutic use  
● Influenza, Human / complications  
● Influenza, Human / history*  
● Influenza, Human / mortality  
● Military Personnel / history*  
● Military Personnel / statistics & numerical data  
● New Zealand  
● Respiratory Distress Syndrome / history  
● United Kingdom  
● United States  


Substances  


● Anti-Bacterial Agents  
● Influenza Vaccines