Pandemic Influenza Outbreak on a Troop Ship—Diary of a Soldier in 1918

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Summers, Jennifer A.
• Description:
  A newly identified diary from a soldier in 1918 describes aspects of a troop ship outbreak of pandemic influenza. This diary is the only known document that describes this outbreak and provides information not officially documented concerning possible risk factors such as overcrowding and the suboptimal outbreak response by military leaders. It also presents an independent personal perspective of this overwhelming experience.
• Subjects:
  Another Dimension History, 20th Century Humans Influenza, Human Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 Military Personnel Naval Medicine Pandemics Records As Topic Ships World War I

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(11):1900-1903.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Zealand
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d01d31e3a80ad0d485c3cea635201a386f75e6db9b2312506b556c73d7bd57a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19075/cdc_19075_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 265.07 KB ]