Covid 19: A Lesson for the History

Pandemics and global outbreaks of infectious diseases always have been a great challenge for human survival and life throughout history. The following three are clear examples of global outbreaks of plague.  First, the outbreak started from Egypt in 541 CE and less than two years spread to the Middl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arman Zargaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Research on History of Medicine
Online Access:https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_47328_80bc67f6c30f06bfcf5979b07a90ec74.pdf
id doaj-68cf606de09244c8b43c9f5739394bdc
record_format Article
spelling doaj-68cf606de09244c8b43c9f5739394bdc2021-03-13T06:16:56ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Research on History of Medicine2251-886X2251-886X2021-02-011011247328Covid 19: A Lesson for the HistoryArman Zargaran0PharmD, PhD, Department of History of Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPandemics and global outbreaks of infectious diseases always have been a great challenge for human survival and life throughout history. The following three are clear examples of global outbreaks of plague.  First, the outbreak started from Egypt in 541 CE and less than two years spread to the Middle East, Europe, Persia and north Africa; the second started in Central Asia; India, China and eastern Russia, but it not only affected Asia but also spread to Europe. Both pandemics had several waves during centuries and killed millions of people.https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_47328_80bc67f6c30f06bfcf5979b07a90ec74.pdf
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Arman Zargaran
spellingShingle Arman Zargaran
Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
Journal of Research on History of Medicine
author_facet Arman Zargaran
author_sort Arman Zargaran
title Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
title_short Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
title_full Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
title_fullStr Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
title_full_unstemmed Covid 19: A Lesson for the History
title_sort covid 19: a lesson for the history
publisher Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
series Journal of Research on History of Medicine
issn 2251-886X
2251-886X
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Pandemics and global outbreaks of infectious diseases always have been a great challenge for human survival and life throughout history. The following three are clear examples of global outbreaks of plague.  First, the outbreak started from Egypt in 541 CE and less than two years spread to the Middle East, Europe, Persia and north Africa; the second started in Central Asia; India, China and eastern Russia, but it not only affected Asia but also spread to Europe. Both pandemics had several waves during centuries and killed millions of people.
url https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_47328_80bc67f6c30f06bfcf5979b07a90ec74.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT armanzargaran covid19alessonforthehistory
_version_ 1724222042561052672