Publications by authors named "Corina Leuch"
Article Synopsis
- The paper examines the transition from pandemic to endemic spread of influenza by analyzing data from the 1918/19 flu pandemic in Bern, Switzerland, focusing on both spatial and temporal patterns of infection.
- It utilizes extensive reports to calculate incidence rates across municipalities and employs mapping techniques to illustrate the fluctuations in case numbers over multiple waves from summer 1918 to 1924.
- Findings indicate that the spread varied significantly by locality, with industrial areas experiencing higher incidences during the first wave, highlighting the importance of environmental factors in disease transmission.
Public health interventions implemented during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are based on experience gained from past pandemics. The 1918 influenza pandemic is the most extensively researched historical influenza outbreak. All 9335 reports available in the State Archives on 121 152 cases of influenza-like illness from the canton of Bern from 473 of 497 municipalities (95.
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