Running Head: Pandemics of Influenza A: Past and Future
Pandemics of Influenza A: Past and Future
Shanae Ragland
Medical Microbiology BIOL-2420 4205 1
Professor Marshall
April 20, 2015
Running Head: Pandemics of Influenza A: Past and Future
Pandemics of Influenza A: Past and Future
Introduction:
“Microbiology began with the development of the anthrax and rabies vaccines by Louis
Pasteur followed by the development of the Germ Theory by Robert Koch [ CITATION Rod06 \l
1033 ]”. “The first time that microbiology had a major epidemic was when the Influenza
outbreak occurred in 1918, which was known as the world’s worst epidemic of all time
[ CITATION Rod06 \l 1033 ]”. “Some epidemiologists estimate that the influenza pandemic
caused 50 to 100 million deaths [ CITATION Rod06 \l 1033 ]”. Half of the deaths occurred in
women and men that were in their 20’s and 30’s. “The epidemic spread rapidly, with two-thirds
of the death occurring in 24 weeks and more than half occurring from mid-September to early
