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Influenza
New influenza research from P. Doshi et al outlined
June 17th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "I sought to describe trends in historical influenza mortality data in the United States since 1900 and compare pandemic with nonpandemic influenza seasons. I compiled a database of monthly influenza-classed death rates from official US mortality tables for the years 1900 to 2004 (1905-1909 excluded), from which I calculated adjusted influenza season (July 1-June 30) mortality rates." "An overall and substantial decline in influenza-classed mortality was observed during the 20th century, from an average seasonal rate of 10.2 deaths per 100000 population in the 1940s to 0.56 per 100000 by the 1990s. The 1918-1919 pandemic...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-17)
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