Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):82-91.
The American military experience in World War I and the influenza pandemic were closely intertwined. The war fostered influenza in the crowded conditions of military camps in the United States and in the trenches of the Western Front in Europe. The virus traveled with military personnel from camp to camp and across the Atlantic, and at the height of the American military involvement in the war, September through November 1918, influenza and pneumonia sickened 20% to 40% of U.S. Army and Navy personnel. These high morbidity rates interfered with induction and training schedules in the United States and rendered hundreds of thousands of military personnel non-effective. During the American Expeditionary Forces' campaign at Meuse-Argonne, the epidemic diverted urgently needed resources from combat support to transporting and caring for the sick and the dead. Influenza and pneumonia killed more American soldiers and sailors during the war than did enemy weapons.
美国在第一次世界大战中的军事经历与流感大流行密切相关。战争在美国的军营和欧洲的西线战壕等拥挤的环境中助长了流感的传播。病毒随军事人员从一个营地传播到另一个营地，并跨越大西洋，在 1918 年 9 月至 11 月美国军事参与度最高的时期，流感和肺炎使美国陆军和海军 20% 到 40%的人员患病。这些高发病率干扰了美国的招募和训练计划，使数十万名军人失去战斗力。在美军在默兹-阿尔贡的战役中，疫情将急需的资源从战斗支援转移到了运输和照顾病人和死者上。在战争期间，流感和肺炎导致的美国士兵和水手死亡人数超过了敌人的武器。
