Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Med J Aust. 2009;191(11-12):654-7. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03367.x.
In October 1918, an Allied army (Egyptian Expeditionary Force) in Palestine experienced simultaneous epidemics of falciparum malaria and influenza during the cavalry campaign that defeated the Turkish Army. Malaria infection occurred 2 weeks after the advance of cavalry units into areas without environmental mosquito control. Pandemic influenza, now thought to be an A/H1N1 strain, struck at the same time. In the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of 315,000 soldiers, 773 died from malaria and 934 from influenza-pneumonia. Disease casualties outnumbered those due to combat by more than 37 to 1. Simultaneous infectious disease epidemics can cause mass casualties, capable of overwhelming any health service.
1918 年 10 月，在巴勒斯坦的一支盟军（埃及远征军）在骑兵战役中击败了土耳其军队，期间同时爆发了恶性疟原虫疟疾和流感。疟疾感染发生在骑兵部队进入没有环境蚊虫控制的地区后两周。现在认为大流行流感是 A/H1N1 株，同时发生。在 315000 名士兵的埃及远征军中，有 773 人死于疟疾，934 人死于流感肺炎。疾病伤亡人数超过战斗伤亡人数 37 比 1。同时发生的传染病疫情可能导致大量人员伤亡，足以使任何卫生服务系统不堪重负。
