Bahasa Melayu
Pandemik selsema 1918 (biasanya disebut Selsema Spanyol) merupakan pandemik influenza kategori 5 yang bermula di Amerika Syarikat, muncul di Afrika Barat dan Perancis, lalu tersebar hampir ke seluruh dunia. Penyakit ini disebabkan oleh virus Influenza A subjenis H1N1. Kebanyakan yang mati akibat selsema ini adalah para belia, berbeza dengan kebanyak wabak selsema lain, yang meragut nyawa kanak-kanak, orang tua dan pesakit-pesakit lain yang daya tahannya kurang.
Selsema Sepanyol terjadi dari Mac 1918 hingga Jun 1920,[1] dan tersebar sehingga ke Artik dan kepulauan Pasifik. Diperkirakan 50 hingga 100 juta orang di seluruh dunia terkorban, mungkin lebih dari akibat Maut Hitam.
Selsema Sepanyol terjadi dari Mac 1918 hingga Jun 1920,[1] dan tersebar sehingga ke Artik dan kepulauan Pasifik. Diperkirakan 50 hingga 100 juta orang di seluruh dunia terkorban, mungkin lebih dari akibat Maut Hitam.
English Language
H1N1 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus. The "H" refers to the Hemagglutinin protein, and the "N" refers to the Neuraminidase protein. H1N1 has mutated into various strains including the Spanish Flu strain (now extinct in the wild), mild human flu strains, endemic pig strains, and various strains found in birds. A variant of H1N1 was responsible for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed some 50 million to 100 million people worldwide from 1918 to 1919.[1] A different variant exists in pig populations.
Low pathogenic H1N1 strains still exist in the wild today, causing roughly half of all flu infections in 2006.
These changes were enough to turn a bird virus into a version that was human-transmissible.[3] In April 2009, an H1N1 outbreak killed over one hundred (100) in Mexico, and was believed to have infected more than 1600 individuals worldwide as of April 27, 2009. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control warned that it was possible the outbreak could develop into a pandemic.[4]
More here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1
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