History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

This work is the historical analysis of pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-first century. It shows that the influenza virus has been responsible for major pandemic outbreaks in the two centuries. The work shows that bacteria and viruses, especially Yersinia pestis and the influenza virus, have be...

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Main Authors:	Adewunmi Falode, Moses Yakubu, Olusegun Bolarinwa
Format:	Article
Language:	Bosnian
Published:	Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci 2021-06-01
Series:	Sineza
Subjects:	history pandemic coronavirus covid-19 disease plague virus
Online Access:	https://sineza.ff.unibl.org/sineza/article/view/22

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spelling	doaj-d4a47644fe9f420ab7fb19a4721116032021-06-03T12:31:49ZbosFilozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj LuciSineza2712-12592712-12912021-06-012192610.7251/SIN2101009F22History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First CenturyAdewunmi Falode0Moses Yakubu1Olusegun Bolarinwa2Department of History & International Studies, Lagos State University, NigeriaInstitute for African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos Nigeria Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, NigeriaThis work is the historical analysis of pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-first century. It shows that the influenza virus has been responsible for major pandemic outbreaks in the two centuries. The work shows that bacteria and viruses, especially Yersinia pestis and the influenza virus, have been responsible for the outbreaks of major pandemics in recorded history. It carries-out a comprehensive and extensive analysis of the various impacts of historical and contemporary pandemics like the Plague of Justinian, Bubonic plague, Spanish flu, Cholera pandemics and also the novel COVID-19 had on the trajectory of world history. The work shows that such pandemics profoundly affects political, economic, social, religious, technological, health and educational developments in states in the post-pandemic periods. Additionally, this work comprehensively identified the commonalities among the pandemic-causing diseases in the Twentieth and Twenty-first century. It shows, among other things, that pandemic-causing diseases usually strikes in waves and that globalization plays an active role in the transmission of infection in the two centuries. The work concludes by showing that pandemics usually strikes in three waves and based on this assertion the world should be prepared to respond to the second and third waves of the COVID-19.https://sineza.ff.unibl.org/sineza/article/view/22historypandemiccoronaviruscovid-19diseaseplaguevirus
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title	History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
title_short	History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
title_full	History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
title_fullStr	History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
title_full_unstemmed	History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
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publisher	Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
series	Sineza
issn	2712-1259 2712-1291
publishDate	2021-06-01
description	This work is the historical analysis of pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-first century. It shows that the influenza virus has been responsible for major pandemic outbreaks in the two centuries. The work shows that bacteria and viruses, especially Yersinia pestis and the influenza virus, have been responsible for the outbreaks of major pandemics in recorded history. It carries-out a comprehensive and extensive analysis of the various impacts of historical and contemporary pandemics like the Plague of Justinian, Bubonic plague, Spanish flu, Cholera pandemics and also the novel COVID-19 had on the trajectory of world history. The work shows that such pandemics profoundly affects political, economic, social, religious, technological, health and educational developments in states in the post-pandemic periods. Additionally, this work comprehensively identified the commonalities among the pandemic-causing diseases in the Twentieth and Twenty-first century. It shows, among other things, that pandemic-causing diseases usually strikes in waves and that globalization plays an active role in the transmission of infection in the two centuries. The work concludes by showing that pandemics usually strikes in three waves and based on this assertion the world should be prepared to respond to the second and third waves of the COVID-19.
topic	history pandemic coronavirus covid-19 disease plague virus
url	https://sineza.ff.unibl.org/sineza/article/view/22
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History of Pandemics in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

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