The 1918 to 1920 flu pandemic, widely but misleadingly known as the Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus. The earliest probable cases were documented in March 1918 in Haskell County, Kansas, in the United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Within two years, nearly a third of the global population, an estimated 500 million people, had been infected. Estimated deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.
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Death Toll, Low Estimate17,000,000 to 50,000,000 1 Mainstream estimates range from 17 to 50 million; some estimates go as high as 100 million. Scholarship on the exact toll continues to be revised. LocationWorldwide pandemic; earliest probable cases documented in Haskell County, Kansas, United States 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section, sentence naming the earliest documented cases
The earliest probable cases were documented in March 1918 in Haskell County, Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April.
Lead section, sentence naming Haskell County, Kansas and the other early-case countries
The earliest probable cases were documented in March 1918 in Haskell County, Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April.
Lead section, sentence on death estimate range
Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.
Lead section, sentence on death estimate range (high end)
Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.
Spanish Flu: Event Type
The 1918 to 1920 flu pandemic, widely but misleadingly known as the Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The 1918-1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the misleading name Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influ
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