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What is the difference between a pandemic and epidemic? ... An epidemic is a major outbreak of a disease among people in a region, said Sheryl Tirol, spokeswoman for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. A pandemic usually means a disease has spread worldwide. "That's not to say one is more serious than the...
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According to the Medilexicon´s medical dictionary a pandemic is "Denoting a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, continent, global; extensively epidemic."; A pandemic is an outbreak of global proportions. ... What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic?
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Epidemic: An outbreak of disease that attacks many peoples at about the same time and may spread through one or several communities. ... Pandemic: When an epidemic spreads throughout the world. ... Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: Back to main immune system page...
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An epidemic is a marked rise in disease in a region affecting a localized population, while a pandemic refers to a disease outbreak that is worldwide and affects global populations. An epidemic not worldwide. For example, malaria can reach ...
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What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic? ... An epidemic occurs when a disease affects a greater number people than is usual for the locality or one that spreads to areas not usually associated with the disease. ... A pandemic is an epidemic of world-wide proportions.
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What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic? ... The words pandemic and epidemic are easily confused, so here is some clarification. ... An epidemic refers to a contagious, infectious or viral illness that spreads to many people in one geographic region that occurs in excess of the numbers of cases that would...
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In cities, with their concentrations of people, there were more social interactions, both within and between groups, and diseases had greater chances to spread. ... “And every now and then a local epidemic became a pandemic and affected most, if not all, of the country. Sometimes they spread around the world.
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Questions and answers about pandemic flu ... What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic? Steve Bacon ... An epidemic is a disease outbreak, where the number of cases exceeds what is considered normal or "expected" based on previous months or years. A pandemic is basically an epidemic on a larger, global scale.
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