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. 2014 Dec;107(12):468-73.
doi: 10.1177/0141076813486466. Epub 2013 May 28.

What was the cause of the epidemic in Savannah in 1733?

Eric L Altschuler  1 , Aesha Jobanputra  2
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What was the cause of the epidemic in Savannah in 1733?

Eric L Altschuler et al. J R Soc Med. 2014 Dec.
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Figure 1.
Arrival of English and Jewish settlers in Savannah, and the dates of 1732–1733 influenza pandemic in Europe.
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Figure 2.
Number of deaths of English colonist by month.
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Figure 3.
Number of deaths in June, July and August 1733.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Age distribution of English colonists dying and surviving through July, 1733. Chart shows the mean ages (range) of those children and adults who died and survived through July 1733.
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References

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    1. Oglethorpe J. Letter to the Trustees [of Georgia colony] about December, 1733. John Percival, the Earl of Egmont Papers (Phillips Collection), See http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/egmont/epmenu.html (last checked 18 April, 2013), pp. 126–126.
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