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Name - What is Spanish flu's name?

Spanish flu

 
Description - Describe Spanish flu.

The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Two years later, nearly a third of the global population, or an estimated 500 million people, had been infected in four successive waves. 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 human history.

 
Type of condition - What kind of condition is Spanish flu?

Virus/ Viral

 
Alternate names - What other names is Spanish flu known by?

The Great Influenza;

 
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