The US Public Health Service House-to-House Canvass Survey of the Morbidity and Mortality of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
Between November 20, 1918, and March 12, 1919, the US Public Health Service carried out a vast population-based survey to assess the incidence rate and mortality of the influenza pandemic among 146 203 persons in 18 localities across the United States. The survey attempted to retrospectively assess...
| Published in: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 438 - 446 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
American Public Health Association
Mar2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=148624506&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 148624506 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2021 vid: 111 iid: 3 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 148624506 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306025 ppf: 438 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: The US Public Health Service House-to-House Canvass Survey of the Morbidity and Mortality of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. aug: au: Morabia, Alfredo affil: Alfredo Morabia is the Editor-in-Chief of AJPH. He is with the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. su: United States United States. Public Health Service Influenza Public health History of epidemics Influenza epidemiology Surveys Disease incidence Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Influenza Public health United States United States. Public Health Service Health and Welfare Funds Administration of Public Health Programs History of epidemics Influenza epidemiology Surveys Disease incidence Descriptive statistics ab: Between November 20, 1918, and March 12, 1919, the US Public Health Service carried out a vast population-based survey to assess the incidence rate and mortality of the influenza pandemic among 146 203 persons in 18 localities across the United States. The survey attempted to retrospectively assess all self-reported or diagnosed cases of influenza since August 1, 1918. It indicated that the cumulative incidence of symptomatic influenza over 6 months had been 29.4% (range = 15% in Louisville, KY, to 53.3% in San Antonio, TX). The overall case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.70%, and it ranged from 0.78% in San Antonio to 3.14% in New London, Connecticut. Localities with high cumulative incidence were not necessarily those with high CFR. Overall, assuming the survey missed asymptomatic cases, between August 1, 1918, and February 21, 1919, maybe more than 50% of the population was infected, and about 1% of the infected died. Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has not yet launched a survey that would provide population-based estimates of incidence and CFRs analogous to those generated by the 1918 US Public Health Service house-to-house canvass survey of influenza. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|