Abstract
Kilbourne has aptly called influenza "an invariant disease caused by a variant virus". The first convincing description of an influenza pandemic was in 1580 although there are descriptions of possible pandemics that date back to the twelfth century. As with pandemics in our own era, that of 1580 started in Asia, it spread throughout Europe within a 6 month period and subsequently spread to America (1).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Respiratory medicine |
| Subtitle of host publication | An asian perspective |
| Publisher | Hong Kong University Press, HKU |
| Pages | 209-221 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789622096936 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Medicine