Monika Sukhija
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Viral Pandemics throughout History and What We Have Learnt From Them
Author(s): Vasant Wagh*, Monika Sukhija and Sanchit Sukhija
In the course of global history, infectious disease outbreaks have occurred intermittently, causing long lasting effects on human societies which then subsequently went on to change the very course of history. These outbreaks, whether they be globalised or ubiquitous have lent us the power to alter socioeconomic, political, religious, and cultural aspects of human civilization. Pandemics have shaped modern medicine through the creation of systematic frameworks for epidemiological study, prevention of disease through pharmaceutical (drugs, mass vaccination) and non-pharmaceutical interventions (quarantine, hand washing and hygiene techniques). Thus, we are constantly striving to overcome the threat of emerging as well as remerging infectious disease outbreaks. In the last 40 years, we have faced most notably, the Spanish flu (from 1918 to 1919), HIV-AIDS (from 1981 to present), SARS-CoV (.. Read More»