Tanganyika laughter epidemic
The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in Tanganyika, near the border with Uganda.
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Which happened first?
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic began 5 years after 1957–1958 influenza pandemic
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic began 6 years before Hong Kong flu
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic began 40 years before 2002–2004 SARS outbreak
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic began 47 years before 2009 swine flu pandemic
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic began 49 years before 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
Timeline
- 1957–1958 influenza pandemic1957–1958
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic (this page)January 30, 1962 – 1963
- Hong Kong fluJuly 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
