Editing Sweating sickness (section)

{{Short description|Contagious disease in Europe, 1485–1551}}
{{About|the 16th century disease in England|the 19th century disease in France|Picardy sweat|the benign condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration|Hyperhidrosis|the tick-borne disease of cattle in Africa|Sweating sickness (cattle)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}
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| name = Sweating sickness
| synonyms = English sweating sickness, English sweat, (Latin) sudor anglicus
| image = Illness of the Duke of Normandy.jpg
| caption = Illustration by the Virgil Master depicting the sweating sickness
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'''Sweating sickness''', also known as '''the sweats''', '''English sweating sickness''', '''English sweat''' or '''''sudor anglicus''''' in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of [[epidemic]]s beginning in 1485. Other major outbreaks of the English sweating sickness occurred in 1508, 1517, and 1528, with the last outbreak in 1551, after which the disease apparently vanished.<ref name="Heyman2014" /> The onset of symptoms was sudden, and death often occurred within hours. Sweating sickness epidemics were unique compared with other disease outbreaks of the time: whereas other epidemics were typically urban and long-lasting, cases of sweating sickness spiked and receded very quickly, and heavily affected rural populations.<ref name="Dyer 1997" /> Its cause remains unknown, although it has been suggested that an unknown species of [[hantavirus pulmonary syndrome|hantavirus]] was responsible.