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| Title |
No evidence of 1918 influenza pandemic origin in Chinese laborers/soldiers in France
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jcma.2015.08.009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
G. Dennis Shanks |
| Abstract |
Laborers and soldiers from China and Southeast Asia recruited during the First World War by Britain and France have been suggested as the origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Western Europe. This study aimed to review the available data to better understand the sources and origins of the 1918 influenza pandemic, and clarify whether, in fact, there was an Asian connection to its onset. We reviewed official mortality lists from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the French Ministry of Defence for all-cause (Britain) and pneumonia/influenza (France) mortality, respectively. The results indicated that influenza mortality (estimated 1/1000) in Chinese and Southeast Asian laborers and soldiers lagged other co-located military units by several weeks. This finding does not support a Southeast Asian importation of lethal influenza to Europe in 1918. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 16% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 81% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 20 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 20% |
| Researcher | 3 | 15% |
| Professor | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Unknown | 1 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 25% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 30% |
| Unknown | 3 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 44. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 May 2023.
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