1918 Spanish flu

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:COVID-19
gptkbp:affectedArea worldwide
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Spanish_flu
gptkb:1918_influenza_pandemic
gptkbp:category influenza pandemics
20th-century pandemics
global health crises
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:H1N1_influenza_A_virus
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:France
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1920
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Asian_flu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1918 Spanish flu
gptkbp:impact gptkb:public_policy
medical research
global public health
demographic changes
gptkbp:notableFor high mortality rate
infecting about one third of the global population
unusually high mortality in young adults
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Max_Weber
gptkb:Edmond_Rostand
gptkb:Guillaume_Apollinaire
gptkb:Frederick_Trump
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Russian_flu
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:startDate 1918
gptkbp:studiedBy historians
virologists
epidemiologists
gptkbp:symptom gptkb:pneumonia
fever
fatigue
cough
gptkbp:transmission person-to-person
airborne
gptkbp:victim 17 million
possibly as high as 100 million
up to 50 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Influenza_A
gptkb:Flu
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5