Article ID: CBB545115550

Viral surveillance and the 1968 Hong Kong flu pandemic (2020)

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This article traces the diffusion of the 1968 Hong Kong influenza pandemic against the backdrop of scientific and global health developments, a global wave of social protests, and Cold War tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Although the outbreak was far less severe than the 1918–19 ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic, the ease with which influenza spread globally between 1968 and 1970 contributed to a reformulation of global health that emphasized the need for enhanced preparedness and rapid vaccine production. From the 1950s through the 1960s, the scope of disease surveillance expanded, with China increasingly identified as the global epicentre of viral threats. In so arguing, the article challenges histories of global health that suggest that this was a period when concerns for infectious disease receded, in contrast to the final two decades of the twentieth century that saw the ascendancy of an ‘emerging diseases worldview’.

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Authors & Contributors
Green, Monica H.
Lukáš Novotný
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul
Valérie Tóthová
Věra Hellerová
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Concepts
Pandemics
Public health
Influenza
Medicine and society
Global health
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Medieval
Places
Hong Kong
United States
Europe
China
Taiwan
India
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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