The Diffusion of Influenza: Patterns and ParadigmsThis pioneering study of the geography of influenza during the twentieth century explores how geographical factors contribute to the periodic diffusion of influenza epidemics in the United States, adding a spatial dimension to national efforts to control the disease. Pyle brings together findings from history, virology, epidemiology, and demographics to develop a geographic model of influenza transmission. |
Contents
Tables and Figures | ix |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Preface | xix |
Building Bridges in Influenza Geography | 1 |
Precursors to the Conventional Wisdom Some Earlier European Experiences | 21 |
Calamity and Discovery The Early Twentieth Century | 37 |
Influenza Patterns in the 1940s | 68 |
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