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A disease epidemic occurs when there are more cases of that disease than normal. A pandemic is a worldwide epidemic of a disease. An influenza pandemic may occur when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity.
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www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/pandemic/en/
www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/pandemic/en/
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Given the unpredictable behaviour of influenza viruses, neither the timing nor the severity of the next pandemic can be predicted with any certainty. Information on these pages has been compiled to help policy-makers and the public stay informed in a situation that is rapidly evolving.
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www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/pandemic/en/ind...
www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/pandemic/en/index.html
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amoebiasis - disease caused by the protozoan Entameoba histolytica, a type of ameoba. ... pandemic - an epidemic that affects multiple geographic areas at the same time.
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www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/glossary.html
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about pandemic disease. pandemic disease. Information about pandemic disease in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... In humans, infections caused by micro-organisms (pathogens) are the commonest cause of disease. According to a 1990s World Health Report prepared by the World Health Organization,
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/pandemic+disease
encyclopedia.farlex.com/pandemic+disease
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What makes a disease deadly in the twenty-first century? Medicine has never been more advanced; our understanding of spread and infection, never more sophisticated. And yet, we may be poised for the largest and most devastating pandemic the human race has ever encountered.
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www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-07/pandemic-10-dead...
www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-07/pandemic-10-deadliest-diseases
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For several years, AIDS and those affected by this disease do not seem to have attracted much public attention anymore. A reason for this development is the chronicity of the illness, which is especially due to the combination therapy and protease inhibitor, proclaimed by the 1996 Vancouver conference.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12385278
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Although strains of the El Tor biotype caused sporadic infections and cholera epidemics as early as 1910, it was not until 1961 that this biotype emerged to cause the 7th pandemic, eventually resulting in the global elimination of classical biotype strains as a cause of disease.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/11818571
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Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation ... National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (PDF) (571 KB) ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Flu Homepage ... Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... ; Visit the official U.S. government website for pandemic influenza...
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