What is an epidemic and a pandemic?

leprosy is a pandemic disease

AIDS is a pandemic, as it is worldwide

The black death was epidemic.

A pandemic is a disease that spreads worldwide and is global

AIDS has been considered a pandemic.

no, it is an epidemic only.

Ebola would be an epidemic. The difference between a pandemic and an epidemic is the population size and locality of infection. An epidemic is a greater than normal amount of infection in a particular area or when infection occurs in an area that isn't normally associated with a certain disease. A pandemic is when the epidemic reaches to world wide proportions.

pandemic is (a disease) prevalent to a whole country or world whereas epidemic is specific to a community at a certain time.

Pandemic means global epidemic.

Pandemic: A fast spreading disease or epidemic The pandemic wiped out the entire country in 2 weeks.

epidemic, academic, nonacademic

HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by WHO. Source: Wiki

Preventing an epidemic from going pandemic is crucial to order in the city.

If an epidemic becomes widespread, it becomes a pandemic.

Is it a the flu epidemic or flu pandemic

The epidemic that occurred in 1919 is the Influenza Pandemic and is sometimes called The Great Pandemic because it infected 500 million people and 100 million of them died.

Yes. An epidemic refers to a disproportionatly large population infected with the same disease. A pandemic is a globally infectious disease that started as an epidemic. The World Health Orginization is currently categorizing this as an epidemic, but plans to upgrage the threat to that of pandemic proportions are coming soon.

DIFFERENCES -An epidemic is the outbreak of a disease in a small region, with the figures being larger than expected in the area -A pandemic is an epidemic on a global scale -An epidemic is specific to a certain time SIMILARITIES -Both are the spread of disease/infection at an unusual scale

An epidemic was reported in China in 2007-whether it could also be described as a pandemic, I don't know.

Epidemic refers to an outbreak of many infections in a particular area, town, county, etc. Pandemic means that the outbreak is happening in many countries.

A flu epidemic is sufficiently bad; a pandemic is seldom seen in this area, but would be very dangerous.

Flu can be both. A flu epidemic is when the incident rate (number of people being infected) substantially what is expected based on previous experience. A flu pandemic is an epidemic that has spread through human populations across a large area. Swine Flu is a world wide disease and has been officially called a pandemic.

An epidemic is when new cases of a given disease spread throughout a given population at a rate that is greater than would normally be expected. The disease in question doesn't have to be contagious to fit the definition of epidemic. As far as a pandemic goes, you might say it is an epidemic on steroids. By that I mean, that when an epidemic spreads over a large area--over a continent, several continents, or even global--it becomes a pandemic. If the number of people who are becoming sick with the epidemic disease is stable (meaning the disease is spreading over a great distance, but the number of people who are sick at any given time is remaining relatively the same), then it is not a pandemic. Finally, for a disease to meet pandemic criteria, it must be infectious.

It is neither to the best of my knowledge at present An epidemic is when a disease presents itself in a given area at a higher rate then it normally would. and a pandemic means the same thing only world wide.

Malaria is both Endemic and Epidemic. Simple google search will provide you with more details