Hong Kong flu
The Hong Kong flu, also known as the 1968 flu pandemic, was an influenza pandemic that occurred between 1968 and 1970 and which killed between one and four million people globally. It is among the deadliest pandemics in history, and was caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus.
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Which happened first?
- Hong Kong flu began 6 years after Tanganyika laughter epidemic
- Hong Kong flu began 11 years after 1957–1958 influenza pandemic
- Hong Kong flu began 34 years before 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
- Hong Kong flu began 41 years before 2009 swine flu pandemic
- Hong Kong flu began 43 years before 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
Timeline
- 1957–1958 influenza pandemic1957–1958
- Tanganyika laughter epidemicJanuary 30, 1962 – 1963
- Hong Kong flu (this page)July 13, 1968 – 1970
- 2002–2004 SARS outbreakNovember 16, 2002 – May 19, 2004
- 2009 swine flu pandemicMarch 2009 – August 10, 2010
- 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreakMay 2011 – June 2011
