List of epidemics













List of epidemics

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Plague panel with the triumph of death. 1607–35, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin

Duration Human history

This article is a list of epidemics of infectious disease. Widespread and chronic complaints such as heart disease and allergy are not included if they are not thought to be infectious.




Contents






  • 1 Pre-1500


  • 2 1500–1699


  • 3 18th century


  • 4 19th century


  • 5 20th century


  • 6 21st century


  • 7 References


  • 8 Further reading





Pre-1500




































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.

75,000–100,000

Greece

429–426 BC

Plague of Athens
unknown, possibly typhus
[1]

5 million; 30% of population in some areas
Europe, Western Asia, Northern Africa

165–180

Antonine Plague
unknown, symptoms similar to smallpox
[2]


Europe

250–266

Plague of Cyprian
unknown, possibly smallpox
[3]

25–50 million; 40% of population
Europe, Egypt, West Asia

541–542

Plague of Justinian

plague
[4]


Rome

590

Roman Plague of 590

plague
[5]

> 100,000

Ctesiphon, Persia

627


plague
[6]


British Isles

664–668

Plague of 664

plague

[7][page needed]


British Isles

680–686


plague

[7][page needed]


Japan

735–737

735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic

Smallpox

[8][9]

Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa

746–747


plague
[10]

75–200 million; 30–60% of population
Europe, Asia and North Africa
1331–1353

Black Death

plague


Yersinia pestis


[11]


1500–1699



















































































































































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.

5–15 million (80% of population)

Mexico
1545–1548

Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545–1548

Possibly Salmonella enterica

[12][13][14][15]

2–2.5 million (50% of population)

Mexico
1576

Cocoliztli epidemic of 1576

Possibly Salmonella enterica

[12][13][14][15]


Seneca nation
1592–1596


measles
[16]


Spain
1596–1602


plague
[17]


South America
1600–1650


malaria



England
1603

London

plague



Egypt
1609


plague

30–90% of population

Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people
1616–1619

Unknown cause. Latest research suggests epidemic(s) of leptospirosis with Weil syndrome. Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D.

[18][19]

280,000

Italy
1629–1631

Italian plague of 1629–1631

plague
[20]


Wyandot people
1630
in Ontario

smallpox



Thirteen Colonies
1633

Plymouth Colony

smallpox



Thirteen Colonies
1634

Connecticut River area

smallpox



England
1636

Newcastle

plague



China
1641–1644
helped end the Ming Dynasty

plague
[21]


Spain
1647–1652

Great Plague of Seville

plague



South America
1648


yellow fever



Italy
1656

Naples

plague



Thirteen Colonies
1657

Boston, Massachusetts

measles

24,148[22]

Netherlands
1663–1664

Amsterdam

plague


100,000[23]

England
1665–1666

Great Plague of London

plague
[24]
40,000

France
1668


plague



Spain
1676–1685


plague

76,000

Austria
1679

Great Plague of Vienna

plague



Thirteen Colonies
1687

Boston, Massachusetts

measles



Thirteen Colonies
1690

New York City

yellow fever



18th century



























































































































































































































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.


Canada, New France
1702–1703


smallpox
[25]


Sweden
1710–1712

Great Northern War plague outbreak

plague



Thirteen Colonies
1713

Boston, Massachusetts

measles



Thirteen Colonies
1713–1715

New England and the Great Lakes

measles



Canada, New France
1714–1715


measles
[26]


France
1720–1722

Great Plague of Marseille

plague
[27]


Thirteen Colonies
1721–1722

Boston, Massachusetts

smallpox
[28]


Thirteen Colonies
1729

Boston, Massachusetts

measles



Spain
1730

Cadiz

yellow fever



Thirteen Colonies
1732–1733


influenza
[29]


Canada, New France
1733


smallpox
[30]
> 50,000

Balkans
1738

Great Plague of 1738

plague



Thirteen Colonies
1738

South Carolina

smallpox



Thirteen Colonies
1739–1740

Boston, Massachusetts

measles



Italy
1743

Messina

plague



Thirteen Colonies
1747

CT, NY, PA, SC

measles



North America
1755–1756


smallpox



North America
1759


measles



North America, West Indies
1761


influenza



North America, present-day Pittsburgh area.
1763
Native American victims of biological warfare during the Siege of Fort Pitt, part of the French and Indian War.

Smallpox

> 50,000

Russia
1770–1772

Russian plague of 1770–1772

plague



Pacific Northwest natives
1770s


smallpox
[31]


North America
1772


measles


> 2,000,000

Persia

1772


plague
[6]


North America
1775
particularly in the Northeast
unknown cause



England
1775–1776


influenza
[32]


Spain
1778

Cadiz

dengue fever



Plains Indians
1780–1782

North American smallpox epidemic

smallpox
[33]


Pueblo Indians
1788


smallpox



United States
1788

Philadelphia and New York City

measles



New South Wales, Australia
1789–1790
amongst the Aborigines

smallpox
[34]


United States
1793

Vermont

influenza and epidemic typhus



United States
1793

Virginia

influenza



United States
1793–1798

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences

yellow fever
[35]


19th century



































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.


Spain
1800–1803


yellow fever
[36]


Ottoman Empire, Egypt
1801


bubonic plague
[37]


United States
1803

New York

yellow fever



Egypt
1812


plague



Ottoman Empire
1812

Istanbul

plague



Malta
1813


plague



Romania
1813

Bucharest

plague



Ireland
1816–1819


typhus

> 100,000

Asia, Europe
1816–1826

first cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]


United States
1820–1823
arising near Schuylkill River

fever[ambiguous]



Spain
1821

Barcelona

yellow fever
[39]


New South Wales, Australia
1828
amongst the Aborigines

smallpox
[40]


Netherlands
1829

Groningen epidemic

malaria



South Australia
1829


smallpox
[41]


Iran
1829–1835


bubonic plague
[42]
> 100,000

Asia, Europe, North America
1829–1851

second cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]


Egypt
1831


cholera

[43][44]


Plains Indians
1831–1834


smallpox



England, France
1832

London, Paris

cholera



North America
1832

New York City, Montreal other cities

cholera



United States
1833

Columbus, Ohio

cholera



United States
1834

New York City

cholera



Egypt
1834–1836


bubonic plague

[43][44]


United States
1837

Philadelphia

typhus



Great Plains
1837–1838

1837–38 smallpox epidemic

smallpox
[45]


Dalmatia
1840


plague



South Africa
1840

Cape Town

smallpox



United States
1841
especially severe in the South

yellow fever

> 20,000

Canada
1847–1848

Typhus epidemic of 1847

epidemic typhus
[46]


United States
1847

New Orleans

yellow fever


worldwide
1847–1848


influenza
[47]


Egypt
1848


cholera

[43][44]


North America
1848–1849


cholera



United States
1850


yellow fever



North America
1850–1851


influenza



United States
1851

Illinois, the Great Plains, and Missouri

cholera



United States
1852

New Orleans

yellow fever

1,000,000

Russia
1852–1860

third cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]


Ottoman Empire
1853
what is now Yemen

plague
[48]
4,737

Copenhagen, Denmark
1853

Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853

cholera
[49]
616

England
1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

cholera
[50]


United States
1855


yellow fever


worldwide
1855–1960

Third plague pandemic

bubonic plague
[51]


Portugal
1857

Lisbon

yellow fever



Victoria, Australia
1857


smallpox
[52]


Europe, North America, South America
1857–1859


influenza
[53]


Middle East
1863–1879

fourth cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]


Egypt
1865


cholera

[43][44]


Russia, Germany
1866–1867


cholera



Australia
1867

Sydney

measles



Iraq
1867


plague
[54]


Argentina
1852–1871

Buenos Aires

yellow fever
[55]


Germany
1870–1871


smallpox

40,000

Fiji
1875

Fiji

measles
[56]


Russian Empire
1877

Baku, now part of Azerbaijan

plague
[57]


Egypt
1881


cholera

[43][44]
> 9,000

India, Germany
1881–1896

fifth cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]
3,164

Montreal
1885


smallpox

timeline
1,000,000
worldwide
1889–1890

1889–1890 flu pandemic

influenza
[58]


20th century











































































































































































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.


Congo Basin
1896–1906


trypanosomiasis
[59]
> 800,000

Europe, Asia, Africa
1899–1923

sixth cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]
113

San Francisco
1900–1904

Third plague pandemic

bubonic plague
[60]


West Africa
1900


yellow fever



Uganda
1900–1920


trypanosomiasis
[61]


Egypt
1902


cholera

[43][44]


India
1903


plague
[62]
4

Fremantle
1903


bubonic plague
[63]
40,000

China
1910–1912

Harbin, Shenyang

bubonic plague
[64]
75,000,000
worldwide
1918–1920

Spanish flu

influenza


Spanish Flu Virus


[65]


Russia
1918–1922


typhus



Egypt
1942–1944


malaria

[43][44]


China
1946

Harbin

bubonic plague



Egypt
1946


relapsing fever

[43][44]


Egypt
1947


cholera

[43][44]
2,000,000
worldwide
1957–1958

Asian flu

influenza
[66]

worldwide
1961–1975

seventh cholera pandemic

cholera
[38]
4

Sweden
1963


smallpox

[67][68]
1,000,000
worldwide
1968–1969

Hong Kong flu

influenza
[66]
5

Netherlands
1971

Staphorst, Elspeet and Uddel

poliomyelitis
[69]
35

Yugoslavia
1972

1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia

smallpox



United States
1972–1973
London flu

influenza
[70]
15,000

India
1974

1974 smallpox epidemic of India

smallpox


> 30,000,000
worldwide
(commenced in Congo Basin)
1960–present

HIV/AIDS pandemic

HIV/AIDS
[71]


South America
1990s


cholera

52

India
1994

1994 plague epidemic in Surat

plague
[72]


West Africa
1996


meningitis



Central America
2000

20th century

dengue fever
[73]


21st century



























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Death toll (estimate)
Location
Date
Article
Disease
Ref.


Nigeria
2001


cholera
[74]


South Africa
2001


cholera
[75]
775

Asia
2002–2003

SARS

SARS coronavirus



Algeria
2003


plague
[76]


Afghanistan
2004


Leishmaniasis
[77]


Bangladesh
2004


Cholera
[78]


Indonesia
2004


dengue fever



Senegal
2004


cholera
[79]


Sudan
2004


Ebola



Mali
2005


yellow fever
[80]
19

Singapore
2005

2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore

dengue fever
[81]


Luanda, Angola
2006


cholera
[82]


Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2006


plague



India
2006


malaria
[83]
> 50

India
2006

2006 dengue outbreak in India

dengue fever
[84]


India
2006

Chikungunya outbreaks

Chikungunya virus
[85]
> 50

Pakistan
2006

2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan

dengue fever
[86]


Philippines
2006


dengue fever



Democratic Republic of the Congo
2007

Mweka ebola epidemic

Ebola
[87]


Ethiopia
2007


cholera
[88]
49

India
2008


cholera
[89]
10

Iraq
2007

2007 Iraq cholera outbreak

cholera
[90]


Nigeria
2007


Poliomyelitis
[91]


Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Mexico
2007


dengue fever
[92]


Somalia
2007


cholera
[93]


Uganda
2007


Ebola



Vietnam
2007


cholera
[94]


Brazil
2008


dengue fever



Cambodia
2008


dengue fever
[95]


Chad
2008


cholera
[96]


China
2008


hand, foot and mouth disease



Madagascar
2008


bubonic plague
[97]


Philippines
2008


dengue fever
[98]


Vietnam
2008


cholera
[99]
4,293

Zimbabwe
2008–2009

2008–2009 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak

cholera

18

Bolivia
2009

2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic

dengue fever

49

India
2009

2009 Gujarat hepatitis outbreak

hepatitis B



Queensland, Australia
2009


dengue fever
[100]

worldwide
2009

Mumps outbreaks in the 2000s

mumps

931

West Africa
2009–2010

2009–2010 West African meningitis outbreak

meningitis
[101]
14,286
worldwide
2009

2009 flu pandemic

influenza

[102][103]
9,985 (May 2017)

Hispaniola
2010–present

Haiti cholera outbreak

cholera

[104][105]
> 4,500 (February 2014)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2011–present


measles

[106][107]
170

Vietnam
2011–present


hand, foot and mouth disease

[108][109]
> 350

Pakistan
2011–present

2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
dengue fever
847 (as of 10 January 2013[update])

Darfur Sudan
2012

2012 yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan

yellow fever
[110]
449 (as of 11 June 2015[update])
Worldwide
2012–present

2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak

Middle East respiratory syndrome
[111]
≫ 11,300
West Africa
2013–2016

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

Ebola virus disease


Ebola virus virion



[112][113]
183

Americas
2013–2015

2013–14 chikungunya outbreak

Chikungunya
[114]
40

Madagascar
2014–present

2014 Madagascar plague outbreak

Bubonic plague
[115]
36

India
2014–present

2014 Odisha jaundice outbreak
primarily Hepatitis E, but also Hepatitis A
[116]
2,035

India
2015–present

2015 Indian swine flu outbreak

Influenza A virus subtype H1N1

[117][118][119]

worldwide
2015–present

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Zika virus
Hundreds (as of 1 April 2016[update])

Africa
2016

2016 yellow fever outbreak in Angola

yellow fever
[120]
1,614 (as of 4 July 2017[update])

Yemen
2016–present

2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak

cholera

64 (as of 16 August 2017[update])

India
2017–present

2017 Gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak

Japanese encephalitis

12 (as of May 2018[update])

India
2018–present

2018 Nipah virus outbreak

Nipah virus infection

676 (as of 31 March 2019[update])

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aug. 2018–present

2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak

Ebola virus disease
[121]


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  • Hunter, Philip (2007). "Inevitable or avoidable? Despite the lessons of history, the world is not yet ready to face the next great plague". EMBO Reports. 8 (6): 531–534. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400987. PMC 2002527. PMID 17545992.









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