Old Asian Flu - Kyuajiakaze

Japanese: 旧アジア風邪 - きゅうあじあかぜ
Old Asian Flu - Kyuajiakaze

…This epidemic has been known since Greek times, but since there are no records from the modern era, it is impossible to trace its exact history. In the 18th and 19th centuries, there are known to have been 16 pandemics in the civilized world, including the 1847 pandemic that killed 250,000 people in London, and the 1889 pandemic known as the "Old Asian Flu." Influenza is characterized by its cyclical nature, with smaller and larger epidemics occurring at intervals of roughly 10 years. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Old Asian Flu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この疫病はギリシア時代から知られていたが,近代までは記録が欠けているため,正確な年代記はたどれない。18~19世紀には文明世界では16回の世界的流行があったことが知られ,とくに1847年の流行ではロンドンで25万の死者を数え,89年には〈旧アジア風邪〉といわれる大流行があった。インフルエンザは周期的に流行することがその特徴であり,ほぼ10年ほどの間隔で大小の流行をくりかえしている。…

※「旧アジア風邪」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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