Combating an invisible enemy: The American military response to global pandemics

作     者：Lauren K.Dutton Peter C.Rhee Alexander Y.Shin Richard J.Ehrlichman Richard J.Shemin Lauren K.Dutton;Peter C.Rhee;Alexander Y.Shin;Richard J.Ehrlichman;Richard J.Shemin

作者机构：Department of Orthopedic SurgeryMayo Clinic2001st Street SWRochesterMN 55905USA Navy Medicine Professional Development CenterBethesdaMD 20889USA United States Air Force Reservethe 60th Ops SquadronTravis AFBCA 94535USA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMA 02114USA Massachusetts National GuardUnited States ArmyHanscom AFBMA 01731USA Division of Cardiac SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryCardiovascular Center at UCLADavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos AngelesCA 90095USA 

出 版 物：《Military Medical Research》 (军事医学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第3期

页      面：326-335页

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学科分类：11[军事学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Pandemic Spanish influenza COVID-19 Military Influenza 

摘      要：The present moment is not the first time that America has found itself at war with a pathogen during a time of international conflict. Between crowded barracks at home and trenches abroad, wartime conditions helped enable the spread of influenza in the fall of 1918 during World War I such that an estimated 20%–40% of U.S. military members were infected. While the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic is unparalleled for most of today s population, it is essential to not view it as unprecedented lest the lessons of past pandemics and their effect on the American military be forgotten. This article provides a historical perspective on the effect of the most notable antecedent pandemic, the Spanish Influenza epidemic, on American forces with the goal of understanding the interrelationship of global pandemics and the military, highlighting the unique challenges of the current pandemic, and examining how the American military has fought back against pandemics both at home and abroad, both 100 years ago and today.