Naslov
Will COVID-19 Pandemic Produce Stronger Consequences than Spanish Flu Pandemic?

Autori
Hozo, Izet ; Radić Hozo, Endica

Izvornik
International Journal on Biomedicine and Healthcare (1805-8698) 8 (2020), 2; 68-72

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
Spanish flu ; COVID-19 pandemic

Sažetak
The Spanish flu of 1918 and 100 years later, the COVID 19 pandemic, paralyzed the entire world, causing numerous casualties and halting life flows. Although there is a hundred-year gap between them, the facts indicate that both pandemics are of viral origin, which primarily attack the respiratory system, but affect different age groups, have a similar course, different mortality. 20-50 million people died from the Spanish flu and 1.6 million from COVID- 19. Prevention has remained almost the same after 100 years. The aim of this article is to evaluate new findings on COVID-19 based on the Spanish flu paradigm, comparing these two pandemic, including scientific research in the field of virology and epidemiology related to this issue.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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