(A) Anthrax
(B) Bubonic Plague
(C) Small Pox
(E) ** Spanish Flu
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world’s population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.
Concept note-2: -The war also enabled the virus to spread and diffuse. Men across the nation were mobilizing to join the military and the cause. As they came together, they brought the virus with them and to those they contacted. The virus killed almost 200, 00 in October of 1918 alone.
Concept note-3: -The influenza pandemic had an enormous impact on World War I. Not only did the war spread it more rapidly throughout the globe, the flu also added to the existing military strain by suddenly taking thousands of men out of action-for weeks at a time if they survived.
Concept note-4: -World War I came to an end on November 11, 1918-nine months after the first cases of what was referred to as the “Spanish Flu” were reported in the United States.
Concept note-5: -Helped by troop movements, it spread over the next two months to all of North America, and then to Central and South America, also reaching Brazil and the Caribbean on ships. In July 1918, the Ottoman Empire saw its first cases in some soldiers.