By the huge numbers of its victims in a short time, and the great difficulty the population had in avoiding it.
Black Death was spread by rats and fleas. Due to bad hygienic conditions.
It was carried in fleas living on rats. Since there was no antibiotics, people couldn't control it.
The epidemic that attacked the people of Europe was the Black Plague or the Black death.
black death: killed 75000000 people
That was a plague epidemic, which has two main forms: bubonic plague (you get a srt of boils filled with a cangrenous liquid which is black, hence the name) and a pneumonic form (which involves the respiratory tract). The Black Death was of course a bubonic plague epidemic.
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Spanish Influenza a.k.a the Black Death
The black death caused armpit swelllings, buboes, fever and death. Swine flu is basically just another form of the flu.
The epidemic of bubonic plague in Europe known as The Black Death killed about 1/3 of the population.
I would have to say the Plague/Black Death and the Spanish Flu epidemic combined.
The Black Death.
If someone has a infectious disease, and it spreads quickly, then that disease is considered epidemic.
You have coined a new word! Congratulations! "Epicdemic" must be an epidemic of epic proportions, I guess. Notable epidemics include the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague epidemic in fourteenth century Europe) or the Spanish 'flu epidemic in 1919.
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