title: A history of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic and its impact on Iran.
abstract: Approximately ninety two years ago, the worst influenza pandemic or "Spanish flu" occurred in 1918, at the end of the First World War (WWI, 1914-1918) which resulted in the deaths of millions of people worldwide. The death toll exceeded the total number of victims of WWI. The 1918 Spanish flu was a deadly, major global event that affected many countries, including Iran. In Iran, it was accompanied by a high mortality rate estimated to be more than one million. However, detailed information on the impact of this outbreak in Iran is scarce. The present paper describes a brief history of the influenza pandemics in the world as well as the spread of the 1918 Spanish flu to Iran.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. of Iran, Tehran, Iran. azizi@ams.ac.ir
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.forename: Ghanbar Ali
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Raees Jalali
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azizi
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis