Graphic Depiction of Past Pandemics : When and Were!

Interesting information on past problems with diseases and how many were effected.

Visualizing the History of Pandemics

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4 weeks ago

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March 14, 2020

By

Nicholas LePan

Japanese smallpox epidemic 735-737 Variola major virus 1M

Plague of Justinian 541-542 Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas 30-50M

Black Death 1347-1351 Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas 200M

New World Smallpox Outbreak 1520 – onwards Variola major virus 56M

Great Plague of London 1665 Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas 100,000

Italian plague 1629-1631 Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas 1M

Cholera Pandemics 1-6 1817-1923 V. cholerae bacteria 1M+

Third Plague 1885 Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas 12M (China and India)

Yellow Fever Late 1800s Virus / Mosquitoes 100,000-150,000 (U.S.)

Russian Flu 1889-1890 Believed to be H2N2 (avian origin) 1M

Spanish Flu 1918-1919 H1N1 virus / Pigs 40-50M

Asian Flu 1957-1958 H2N2 virus 1.1M

Hong Kong Flu 1968-1970 H3N2 virus 1M

HIV/AIDS 1981-present Virus / Chimpanzees 25-35M

Swine Flu 2009-2010 H1N1 virus / Pigs 200,000

ARS 2002-2003 Coronavirus / Bats, Civets 770

Ebola 2014-2016 Ebolavirus / Wild animals 11,000

MERS 2015-Present Coronavirus / Bats, camels 850

COVID-19 2019-Present Coronavirus – Unknown (possibly pangolins) 112,200 (Johns Hopkins University estimate as of 9:26am PT, April 12)

Tracking Infectiousness