History of world pandemics:
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with
pandemic potential occurred throughout human history.
Pandemics are not new and have been a part of life for
centuries . There have been a number of Pandemics of
diseases such as small pox. The most fatal pandemic in
recorded history was the black death ( also known as the
PANDEMIC
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease
that has spread over a large region, for instance
multiple continents or worldwide affecting a
substantial number of individuals
, There have been 249
Epidemics/pandemics pandemics
with deaths: recorded history from 1200 BC Up
throughout
atleast 1 million
to the COVID 19 virus today. Here we highlights some of these pandemics, not all.
S.no Epidemics/pandemics Disease
1 Black death. Bubonic plague
2 Spanish flu Influenza
A/ H1N1
3 Cholera pandemic Vibrio cholerae bacteria
4 First plague pandemics Bubonic plague
5 HIV/AIDS global epidemic HIV/AIDS
6 PLAGUE OF JUSTINIAN
7 COVID 19 Pandemic COVID disease
Black death
The black death was a bubonic plague pandemic Occuring in
afro-Eurasia from 1346 – 1353 it is the most fatal pandemic
recorded in human history Causing the death of 75 to 200
million people in Eurasia and north Africa. Bubonic plague is
caused by bacterium Yersinia pastis. But it may also cause
septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. Chief among its symptoms
is painfully swollen lymph glands that form pus-filled boils
called buboes. Sufferers also face fever, headache, chill and
shortness of breath, Hemorrhaging , bloody sputum, vomiting
and delirium and if it got untreated a survival rate of 50%.
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with
pandemic potential occurred throughout human history.
Pandemics are not new and have been a part of life for
centuries . There have been a number of Pandemics of
diseases such as small pox. The most fatal pandemic in
recorded history was the black death ( also known as the
PANDEMIC
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease
that has spread over a large region, for instance
multiple continents or worldwide affecting a
substantial number of individuals
, There have been 249
Epidemics/pandemics pandemics
with deaths: recorded history from 1200 BC Up
throughout
atleast 1 million
to the COVID 19 virus today. Here we highlights some of these pandemics, not all.
S.no Epidemics/pandemics Disease
1 Black death. Bubonic plague
2 Spanish flu Influenza
A/ H1N1
3 Cholera pandemic Vibrio cholerae bacteria
4 First plague pandemics Bubonic plague
5 HIV/AIDS global epidemic HIV/AIDS
6 PLAGUE OF JUSTINIAN
7 COVID 19 Pandemic COVID disease
Black death
The black death was a bubonic plague pandemic Occuring in
afro-Eurasia from 1346 – 1353 it is the most fatal pandemic
recorded in human history Causing the death of 75 to 200
million people in Eurasia and north Africa. Bubonic plague is
caused by bacterium Yersinia pastis. But it may also cause
septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. Chief among its symptoms
is painfully swollen lymph glands that form pus-filled boils
called buboes. Sufferers also face fever, headache, chill and
shortness of breath, Hemorrhaging , bloody sputum, vomiting
and delirium and if it got untreated a survival rate of 50%.
