{"id":9907,"date":"2019-03-16T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2019-03-16T16:43:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T19:43:02","slug":"the-influenza-epidemic-in-portugal-1918-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/the-influenza-epidemic-in-portugal-1918-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"The influenza epidemic in Portugal, 1918-1919"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ambulance of the Portuguese Red Cross in Lisbon, 1918. \u00a0Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1918\u00a0 influenza\u00a0pandemic\u00a0was a catastrophe on a global scale and was directly related to the Great War.\u00a0 Official statistics estimates that it\u00a0resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100\u00a0million,\u00a0making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in\u00a0human history.<\/p>\n

According to Portuguese official statistics, 55,780 people died of the flu in 1918, but\u00a0as in other countries, this number\u00a0can be\u00a0much higher.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The paper Coimbra\u2019s response to the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, seen from the viewpoint of a local newspaper<\/a>\u00a0(HCSM\u00a0vol.25\u00a0no.3 July\/Sept.\u00a02018) presents a\u00a0\u00a0systematic analysis of the newspaper\u00a0Gazeta de Coimbra <\/em>revealing the urban\u00a0elite’s perception of this health disaster.<\/p>\n

Ana Maria Diamantino\u00a0Correia\u00a0(<\/span><\/span>Universidade de Coimbra) concludes that the influenza epidemic occupied a central role in the pages of the newspaper in 1918 and 1919.\u00a0 The author also points out that the\u00a0newspaper\u00a0reflects the dissatisfaction of the population during the epidemic, not only because of the aggressive virus but also because of the authorities\u2019 demonstrated impotence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Influenza in Manguinhos:<\/div>\n
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La epidemia de gripe en Uruguay, 1918-1919<\/a>\u00a0– El trabajo analiza c\u00f3mo se comportaron las elites m\u00e9dicas uruguayas ante la inminencia de una epidemia desconocida.<\/div>\n
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Maciel-Lima, Sandra Mara et al.\u00a0The impact that the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic had on news reporting in the state of Paran\u00e1, Brazil<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.273-291. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

Serr\u00f3n, V\u00edctor.\u00a0Epidemia y perplejidades m\u00e9dicas:Uruguay, 1918-1919<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Set 2011, vol.18, no.3, p.701-722. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n

Ospina D\u00edaz, Juan Manuel, Mart\u00ednez Mart\u00edn, Abel Fernando and Herr\u00e1n Falla, Oscar Fernando.\u00a0Impacto de la pandemia de gripa de 1918-1919 sobre el perfil de mortalidad general en Boyac\u00e1, Colombia<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2009, vol.16, no.1, p.53-81. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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