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From H1N1 to Coronavirus: What can we learn from historical epidemiology while struggling with COVID-19?

Year 2020, Volume: 18 Issue: COVID-19 Special, 120 - 123, 06.12.2020

Abstract

Modern scientific medicine has made great progress in the last two hundred years. In this period, the global medical establishment has frequently faced pandemics, often succeeding in giving a fast and organized response. When the current COVID-19 pandemic and the destructive 1918 Spanish Influenza are compared, there are lessons to be learned. In other words, it is vital to benefit from historical epidemiology while coping with new pandemics. The detection of pathogens in both pandemics prove a great success story in terms of demonstrating the progress of modern medicine. The medical reaction against COVID-19 was faster and more efficient compared to the Spanish Influenza which wrought havoc on the world a hundred years ago. Besides, the fact that both pandemics appeared in the form of waves remind us of a striking historical fact: pandemics do not disappear like a flash in the pan and some countries like Italy are more prone to pandemics. In this study, the Spanish Influenza and COVID-19 pandemics are comparatively examined.

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H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?

Year 2020, Volume: 18 Issue: COVID-19 Special, 120 - 123, 06.12.2020

Abstract

Son 200 yılda muazzam bir ilerleme gösteren modern bilimsel tıp sıklıkla pandemiler ile karşı karşıya kalmış olsa da önemli ölçüde hızlı bir reaksiyon göstermeyi başarmıştır. Geçmişteki salgınlardan yola çıkarak günümüzdeki COVID-19 hastalığı ve 1918'deki yıkıcı İspanyol Gribi pandemisi ile mukayese edildiğinde çıkarılacak dersler bulunmaktadır. Başka bir deyişle, coronavirüs ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojinin verilerinden yararlanmak elzemdir. Her iki salgında patojenin tespit edilmesi modern tıbbın geldiği noktayı göstermesi bakımından büyük bir başarı öyküsünü ortaya koymaktadır. Çin’de patlak veren COVID-19 salgınına yönelik olarak gösterilen tıbbi reaksiyon takriben 100 yıl önce dünyayı kasıp kavuran İspanyol gribindekine nazaran daha hızlı ve etkili olmuştur. Öte yandan, her iki salgının dalgalar şeklinde gerçekleşmesi dikkat çekici bir tarihsel gerçeği bizlere tekrar hatırlatmıştır: pandemileri saman alevi gibi parlayıp hemen sönmediğini ve İtalya gibi bazı ülkelerin pandemilerden zarar görmeye daha yatkın olduğu. Bu çalışmada İspanyol Gribi ve COVID-19 pandemileri mukayeseli olarak ele alınacaktır.

References

  • Lindemann M. Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Erkoreka A. Origins of the Spanish Influenza pandemic (1918-1920) and its relation to the First World War. J Mol Genet Med. 2009;3(2):190–194. doi:10.4172/1747-0862.1000033.
  • Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Available at https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf (online). Erişim: 23 Mart 2020.
  • Barry J. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. New York: Penguin Books, 2005. Quinn, T. Flu: A Social History of Influenza. Londra: New Holland, 2008.
  • John Nkengasong, China’s response to a novel coronavirus stands in stark contrast to the 2002 SARS outbreak response. Nat Med. 2020; 26: 310–311 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0771-1.
  • Price-Smith A. Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization. Massachusetts: MIT Publishing, 2009. Oldstone, M. B. A. Viruses, Plagues and History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Johnson N.P.A.S., Mueller J. Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918-1920 "Spanish" Influenza Pandemic. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2002; 76 (1): 105-115. doi:10.1353/bhm.2002.0022.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Letter to the Editor
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Murat Yolun 0000-0002-9881-0946

Publication Date December 6, 2020
Submission Date April 1, 2020
Acceptance Date October 12, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 18 Issue: COVID-19 Special

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APA Yolun, M. (2020). H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?. Turkish Journal of Public Health, 18(COVID-19 Special), 120-123.
AMA Yolun M. H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?. TJPH. December 2020;18(COVID-19 Special):120-123.
Chicago Yolun, Murat. “H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 Ile mücadele Ederken Tarihsel Epidemiyolojiden Neler öğrenebiliriz?”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 18, no. COVID-19 Special (December 2020): 120-23.
EndNote Yolun M (December 1, 2020) H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?. Turkish Journal of Public Health 18 COVID-19 Special 120–123.
IEEE M. Yolun, “H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?”, TJPH, vol. 18, no. COVID-19 Special, pp. 120–123, 2020.
ISNAD Yolun, Murat. “H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 Ile mücadele Ederken Tarihsel Epidemiyolojiden Neler öğrenebiliriz?”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 18/COVID-19 Special (December 2020), 120-123.
JAMA Yolun M. H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?. TJPH. 2020;18:120–123.
MLA Yolun, Murat. “H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 Ile mücadele Ederken Tarihsel Epidemiyolojiden Neler öğrenebiliriz?”. Turkish Journal of Public Health, vol. 18, no. COVID-19 Special, 2020, pp. 120-3.
Vancouver Yolun M. H1N1’den Coronavirüs’e: COVID-19 ile mücadele ederken tarihsel epidemiyolojiden neler öğrenebiliriz?. TJPH. 2020;18(COVID-19 Special):120-3.

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