Resources
1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Looking for more information about the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic? Here are some great resources to check out
Podcasts
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"Puerto Ricans Are At Risk From The Coronavirus And A Lack Of Information." Short Wave by NPR. April 7 2020.
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"Pandemic-Onomics: Lessons From the Spanish Flu." The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR. 6 April 2020.
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Barry, John M. The great influenza: the epic story of the deadliest pandemic in history. Penguin, 2005.
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Crosby AW. 2003. America's forgotten pandemic: the influenza of 1918: Cambridge University Press.
Books
Academic Articles
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Gagnon A, Miller MS, Hallman SA, Bourbeau R, Herring DA, Earn DJ, and Madrenas J. 2013. Age-specific mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic: Unravelling the mystery of high young adult mortality. PLoS One 8(8):e69586
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Mamelund, Svenn-Erik, and Jessica Dimka. "Tuberculosis as a risk factor for 1918 influenza pandemic outcomes." Tropical medicine and infectious disease 4.2 (2019): 74.
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Noymer A, and Garenne M. 2000. The 1918 influenza epidemic's effects on sex differentials in mortality in the United States. Population and Development Review 26(3):565-581.
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Reid AH, Fanning TG, Hultin JV, and Taubenberger JK. 1999. Origin and evolution of the 1918 “Spanish” influenza virus hemagglutinin gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(4):1651-1656.
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Shanks GD, and Brundage JF. 2012. Pathogenic responses among young adults during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Emerging infectious diseases 18(2):201.