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This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as
Influenza has been studied by countless physicians, epidemiologists, and medical historians. Chroniclers distinguished its outbreaks from other diseases by the rapid, indiscriminate way it struck down entire populations. Flu has been called various names including tac, coqueluche, the new disease, ', ''grippe'', ''castrone'', influenza, and commonly just ''catarrh'' by many chroniclers and physicians throughout the ages.
outbreaks
In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire ...
, epidemics
An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί ''epi'' "upon or above" and δῆμος ''demos'' "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of patients among a given population within an area in a short period of time.
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, pandemics
A pandemic () is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of in ...
, discoveries and developments of vaccines
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verified.< ...
. In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu
Flu season is an annually recurring time period characterized by the prevalence of an outbreak of influenza (flu). The season occurs during the cold half of the year in each hemisphere. It takes approximately two days to show symptoms. Influen ...
that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.
Overview
Full timeline: Hippocrates – 2017
Influenza has been studied by countless physicians, epidemiologists, and medical historians. Chroniclers distinguished its outbreaks from other diseases by the rapid, indiscriminate way it struck down entire populations. Flu has been called various names including tac, coqueluche, the new disease, ', ''grippe'', ''castrone'', influenza, and commonly just ''catarrh'' by many chroniclers and physicians throughout the ages.
See also
* Influenza * Timeline of global healthReferences
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