Five English outbreaks, all in summer: 1485, 1508, 1517, 1528, 1551
From Tudor chronicles as compiled by Creighton and Heyman et al. 2014. Each began around late June to August and faded by October or November. 1528 spread to the Continent in 1529.
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Sweating sickness outbreaks followed slightly wet summers: a weak hint that did not strengthen
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English sweating sickness: what was it?
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Heyman, Simons and Cochez 2014, Were the English Sweating Sickness and the Picardy Sweat Caused by Hantaviruses?, Viruses 6:151 (open access)
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New mystery: tested the sweating sickness against tree-ring wetness