Spanish influenza in Japanese armed forces, 1918-1920

作者：Kawana Akihiko^*; Naka Go; Fujikura Yuji; Kato Yasuyuki; Mizuno Yasutaka; Kondo Tatsuya; Kudo Koichiro

来源：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, 13(4): 590-593.

DOI：10.3201/eid1304.060615

With the recent outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1), the risk for the next influenza pandemic has increased. For effective countermeasures against the next pandemic, investigation of past pandemics is necessary. We selected cases diagnosed as influenza from medical records and hospitalization registries of Japanese army hospitals during 1918-1920, the Spanish influenza era, and investigated clinical features and circumstances of outbreaks. Admission lists showed a sudden increase in the number of inpatients with influenza in November 1918 and showed the effect of the first wave of this pandemic in Tokyo. The death rate was high (6%-8%) even though patients were otherwise healthy male adults.

• 出版日期2007-4