A global influenza pandemic that killed perhaps 25 million in 1918-20, mostly in India. The means of isolating and identifying sub-microscopic viruses were not available at the time, but it is believed to have been a strain of avian (bird) flu. It is sometomes called the Spanish Flu because King Alfonso XIII was an early high-profile sufferer, though he survived. The first known cases were among US troops in Kansas, but the illness may already have been present amid the insanitary conditions of Europe's front lines.
YES. The 1918 flu pandemic killed over 20 million people worldwide.
Flu is always caused a virus, not bacteria, so no flu epidemic will be due to a bacterial agent. This is true of the 1918 "Spanish Flu", it was caused by a virus.
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No. The 1918 flu killed 500,000 Americans and over 20 million worldwide.
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The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was closely related to an avian virus.
It was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1920, and it is estimated to have been responsible for approximately 80 million deaths world wide.
The Spanish flu of 1918 wiped out millions of people. Some doctors believe it could come back but if it does, they think it will not be as devastating as it was back in 1918.
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