Pandemic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: 2009 flu pandemic (Swine flu) A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" + δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a la...
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What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic? ... A pandemic is different from an epidemic or seasonal outbreak. ... Put simply, a pandemic covers a much wider geographical area, often worldwide. A pandemic also infects many more people than an epidemic. An epidemic is specific to one city, region or country,
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Any excessive and related incidence of a particular disease above what is normally expected in a population is defined to be an epidemic. When an epidemic extends beyond the confines of a continent and becomes a more widespread problem, it is a pandemic. ... Clearly this is different for common source and host-to-host epidemics.
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Avian Bird Flu FAQ, frequently asked questions about bird flu / avian influenza ... An epidemic disease differs in that it would normally be confined to a smaller geographic area, such as a single country or area, and would therefore affect a lesser number of people than a pandemic would.
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The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.
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Hepatitis A,B,C - Three types of this viral disease are transmitted in different ways: A- through ingestion of contaminated food or water, B- Sexually transmitted, and the use of unsterilized needles, and C- transfusion of tainted blood ... pandemic - an epidemic that affects multiple geographic areas at the same time.
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A pandemic is different from an epidemic. Pandemics are larger and more widespread - the illness occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally large population. By contrast, epidemics are limited to one general area and affect a smaller segment of people.
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The available epidemic curves for SARS show marked differences between the affected regions with respect to the total number of cases and epidemic duration, ... Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data; J R Soc Interface, February 22, 2007; 4(12):
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We have shown that the epidemic curves for SARS in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and Canada, though apparently different, are all consistent with a single time course of the effective reproduction numbers for SARS.
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