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A worldwide epidemic, often referred to as a pandemic, is the rapid spread of a disease across multiple countries or continents, affecting a large number of people simultaneously. It typically involves Infectious Diseases that can be transmitted easily among individuals. The term highlights the global scale and impact of the outbreak, which can overwhelm healthcare systems and necessitate coordinated international responses. Examples include the COVID-19 pandemic and the H1N1 influenza outbreak.
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When and where was the last epidemic of chlamydia?
There is a world-wide epidemic of chlamydia now.
What term is used to describe a wide spread outbreak of disease?
Epidemic. If it is world-wide, then it is called a pandemic.
One word meaning of wide spread disease?
An epidemic in a regional area, if spread around the world it is called a pandemic.
What is mean of WWW?
World Wide Web
What is an example of a pandemic?
A pandemic is a widespread epidemic - which hits a wide geographical area and affects a large amount of the population.
What is the best definition for 'epidemic' in the sentence ''Health officials worry that the annual flu epidemic will become a serious one with the potential of killing millions''?
An epidemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that has spread beyond the local community (that is called an outbreak) but has not gone world wide (that is called a pandemic). An epidemic is regional and indicates that the infection is spreading in a wider region than an outbreak but not as far as a pandemic spreads.
What killed twice as many people as had died in World War 1?
The flu epidemic.
Is Ebola a pandemic or a epidemic?
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.
Is national mean world wide?
no it is only for a country not a whole world
What were the effects of the worldwide flu epidemic that erupted during world war 1?
LOTS of people got the flu. I mean LOTS.
What does epidemic proportions mean?
Epidemic proportions mean that something has become widespread and uncontrollable. This term is often used to denote something negative affecting a society.
What does www really mean?
world wide web
