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PandemicDB
127 pandemics, outbreaks, and public health emergencies from the Plague of Athens to COVID 19 and beyond.
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Black Death 1347
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis that killed an estimated 75 to 200 million peopl...
1918 Spanish Flu
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus and infected approximately 500 million people wor...
COVID 19 Pandemic
COVID 19 was caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The WHO declared a pand...
HIV AIDS Pandemic
HIV AIDS was first recognized in 1981 when the CDC reported unusual pneumocystis pneumonia clusters in young gay men in ...
Ebola West Africa
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa from 2014 to 2016 was the largest Ebola outbreak in history. The outbrea...
SARS 2003
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS was caused by the SARS coronavirus, first identified in Guangdong province, China...
H1N1 Swine Flu 2009
The H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009 originated in Mexico and was caused by a triple reassortant swine influenza virus. T...
Cholera Pandemics 1817
Seven cholera pandemics have occurred since 1817, killing millions. The first pandemic began in Jessore, India, in 1817 ...
MERS 2012
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome MERS is caused by the MERS coronavirus MERS CoV, first identified in Saudi Arabia in 20...
Zika Virus 2015
The Zika virus outbreak in the Americas began in Brazil in early 2015 and spread to over 80 countries and territories. Z...