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  • Title: The epidemiology of influenza.
    Author: Langmuir AD, Schoenbaum SC.
    Journal: Hosp Pract; 1976 Oct; 11(10):49-56. PubMed ID: 67988.
    Abstract:
    Although unpredictable, influenza outbreaks are known to occur in three patterns: pandemics every 30 to 40 years, with high excess mortality; epidemics much more frequently, with lower excess mortality; and usually mild sporadic outbreaks. The possibility of a swine-flu pandemic this winter, resembling that of 1918-20, is the result of a unique deviation in the epidemiology of this fascinating disease.
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