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Pandemic VS epidemic Hi all, What is the difference ? thanks in advance Epidemic - usually refers to an infectious disease (though not Pandemic VS epidemic ... An epidemic is an infection or disease local to a region or regions, a pandemic is a disease or infection that has traveled globally, around the world,
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epidemic vs pandemic what are the differences between the two? are they interchangable? Hi, epidemic a widespread occurence of a disease, or occasionally of some other undesirable the prefix 'epi' has some meaning of 'top', 'big' as Hi, 'demic'? ... pandemic The prefix 'pan' refers to 'all' (from Greek). A pandemic is a...
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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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Confused about what a pandemic is versus an epidemic? WebMD explains. ... "A pandemic is basically a global epidemic -- an epidemic that spreads to more than one continent," says Dan Epstein, a spokesman for the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.
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www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/what-is-pandemic
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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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Pandemic versus epidemic influenza mortality: a pattern of changing age distribution. ... However, this group accounted for decrementally smaller proportions of deaths during the first decade following each pandemic. ... Trends for influenza-related deaths during pandemic and epidemic seasons, Italy, 1969-2001.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9652423
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Net Returns of Vaccinating against an Influenza Pandemic ... Although many studies have examined or reviewed the economics of influenza vaccination (3-10), only one study (11), published in 1976, examined the economics of a vaccine-based intervention aimed at reducing the impact of an influenza epidemic in the United States.
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1918 flu pandemic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish Flu ) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually virulent and deadly influenz...
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References 1. Simonsen L, Clarke MJ, Schonberger LB, Arden NH, Cox NJ. Pandemic versus epidemic influenza mortality: a pattern of changing age distribution. J Infect Dis 1998;178:53-60. 2. Patriarca PA, Cox NJ. Influenza pandemic preparedness plan for the United States.
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