page_title: Sweating sickness
section_title: Epidemiology
hierarchical_section_title: Sweating sickness / Epidemiology
caption_attribution_description: English: Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), wearing a collar composed of red and white Tudor roses and hat with a hat badge bearing the figure of St John the Baptist and two rosette-shaped cap hooks.
context_page_description: Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness or English sweat or sudor anglicus, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485. The last outbreak occurred in 1551, after which the disease apparently vanished. The onset of symptoms was sudden, with death often occurring within hours. Its cause remains unknown, although it has been suggested that an unknown species of hantavirus was responsible.
caption: Arthur, Prince of Wales, who may have died of the sweating sickness in 1502
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