- 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...
-
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...
- statue-like condition,
speechless and motionless.
Between 1915 and 1926, an
epidemic of
encephalitis lethargica spread around the world. The
exact number of...
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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...
- 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...
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known as
typhus fever, is a
group of
infectious diseases that
include epidemic typhus,
scrub typhus, and
murine typhus.
Common symptoms include fever...
- A
pandemic (/pænˈdɛmɪk/ pan-DEM-ik) is an
epidemic of an
infectious disease that has a
sudden increase in
cases and
spreads across a
large region, for...
- The
Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an
outbreak of m**** hysteria—or m****
psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have
occurred in or near the village...
- 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...
