Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "스페인 독감" in Korean language version.
Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In a new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic, America's Forgotten
1918년 조선총독부 통계 연감에는 당시 국내 759만 인구의 약 38%인 288만 4,000명이 스페인 독감(서반아 감기) 환자가 됐고 이 중 14만 명이 사망했다는 기록이 있다. 전체 인구의 1.8%, 100명 중 2명꼴로 죽은 셈이다.
2005년 스페인 독감 바이러스가 인플루엔자 A형 중 h4N1형인 것으로 밝혀진 이래 과학계는 강력한 독성을 일으키는 원리를 주요 연구대상으로 삼아왔다.
It has never been clear, however, where this pandemic began. Since influenza is an endemic disease, not simply an epidemic one, it is impossible to answer this question with absolute certainty. Nonetheless, in seven years of work on a history of the pandemic, this author conducted an extensive survey of contemporary medical and lay literature searching for epidemiological evidence – the only evidence available. That review suggests that the most likely site of origin was Haskell County, Kansas, an isolated and sparsely populated county in the southwest corner of the state, in January 1918 [1]. If this hypothesis is correct, it has public policy implications.
WHO는 2009년 6월 발병한 신종플루(인플루엔자 A(h4N1)에 대해서도 팬데믹을 선언한 바 있다.
