- An
epidemic (from Gr**** ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος
demos "people") is the
rapid spread of
disease to a
large number of
hosts in a
given po****tion...
- This is a list of the
largest known epidemics and
pandemics caused by an
infectious disease in humans.
Widespread non-communicable
diseases such as cardiovascular...
- The
Cocoliztli Epidemic or the
Great Pestilence was an
outbreak of a
mysterious illness characterized by high
fevers and
bleeding which caused 5–15 million...
-
referred to as the
Ishii Network. The
Ishii Network was
headquartered at the
Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory,
established in 1932 at the ****anese Army...
-
ranks as the fifth-deadliest
pandemic or
epidemic in history. In epidemiology, a
pandemic is
defined as "an
epidemic occurring over a very wide area, crossing...
-
Epidemic typhus, also
known as louse-borne typhus, is a form of
typhus so
named because the
disease often causes epidemics following wars and
natural disasters...
- statue-like condition,
speechless and motionless.
Between 1915 and 1926, an
epidemic of
encephalitis lethargica spread around the world. The
exact number of...
- The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also
known as the
Great Influenza epidemic or by the
common misnomer Spanish flu, was an
exceptionally deadly global influenza...
- The
dancing plague of 1518, or
dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie
dansante de 1518), was a case of
dancing mania that
occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace...
- The
crack epidemic was a
surge of
crack cocaine use in
major cities across the
United States throughout the
entirety of the 1980s and the
early 1990s....
