Description
American soldiers with influenza were treated at a U.S. army field hospital in Germany during World War I.
Credit
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ 1918
American soldiers with influenza were treated at a U.S. army field hospital in Germany during World War I.
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ 1918
American soldiers with influenza were hospitalized in a U.S. army camp facility in France during World War I.
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ 1918
American soldiers with influenza were hospitalized at a U.S. army camp facility in France during World War I.
Public domain/ photo number: Reeve 14682/ courtesy, the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, D.C./ 1918
This historical political cartoon shows influenza and its symptoms.
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ Unknown date
This is an 1890 collection of seven illustrations showing people stricken with influenza.
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ Taylor, R. engraver/ Davis, Lucien, contributor/ 1890
This is a historical sign from 1918 regarding influenza complicated by pneumonia.
Public domain/ courtesy, the National Library of Medicine/ Department of Health, Chicago, Ill, creator/ John Dill Robertson, contributor/ 1918
This electron micrograph shows several particles, or virions, of an influenza virus that causes the disease in pigs.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish, content providers/ 2009
This illustrates the genetic change by mutation that causes new seasonal flu strains each year. This is called “antigenic drift.”
Public domain/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/ Links Studio, Illustrator/ 2011
This diagram shows how the influenza virus invades and undergoes replication inside a cell.
Public domain/ courtesy, National Library of Medicine/ 2006
This illustration represents how flu pandemics are spread. It depicts changes in the flu genetic material that create new virus strains.
Used with permission/ copyright 2006 AlbrechtGFX and the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska