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First Report in Bukhara

When: May 1889
Where: Emirate of Bukhara
Part of: The 1889–1890 Russian influenza pandemic begins

Conventionally believed to be the first report of the disease in May 1889 in Bukhara, a protectorate of the Russian Empire.

The disease was first reported in May 1889 in Bukhara, the capital of the Emirate of Bukhara. This location was part of the Central Asian region of the Russian Empire. The report marks the conventional start of the pandemic, though later analysis disputes the pathogen.

Sources

1889–1890 pandemic Wikipedia

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