title: From African health and influenza pandemics to disease in Russia: the medical history of K. David Patterson.
abstract: This paper is a personal commentary on the contributions of noted medical historian K. David Patterson. The eightieth anniversary of the onset of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 serves as a reminder of his contributions. His works on slavery and disease in Africa, influenza diffusion and the history of cholera and other diseases periodically appeared in Social Science and Medicine. With a publishing career that lasted from 1971 to 1996, his enduring contributions include revised estimates of mortality in Africa during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Professions, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, USA. gfpyl@email.uncc.edu
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Pyle
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000266:history