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i was told recently that the flu kills people, but so does the swine flu?
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Epidemic, Endemic and Pandemic are three cases of spread of diseases. All have something in common and yet are different from each other.
When a particular disease spreads within a small group of people say for example an attack of malaria in a group of people its known as endemic.
Some times hereditary or disease with the family are also termed as Endemic diseases.
An example of an epidemic is plague. Plague was an epidemic which spread throughout the country in various times in the world. Thus, Epidemic is the outbreak of some disease on a very large scale.
When diseases are spread throughout the globe with no connectivity in places, its known as a Pandemic. For instance, AIDS is a disease which is affecting many people in the world. There are HIV patients in many parts of the world which are not even close to each other. Unlike and epidemic, pandemic diseases do not affect the immediate person necessarily.
For a better understanding, it can be stated that an Endemic disease is one which affects a group of people say a family or a small village.
An Epidemic is a disease which spreads in the city/state.
A Pandemic disease is that which spreads in the whole country.
(Ofcourse do not consider the exact boundaries here. It just refers to the number of people.)
I had this in my last year's syllabus.
So kind of a revision for me.
Hope i was clear to you and was of help.
Cheers!
Rudra
When a particular disease spreads within a small group of people say for example an attack of malaria in a group of people its known as endemic.
Some times hereditary or disease with the family are also termed as Endemic diseases.
An example of an epidemic is plague. Plague was an epidemic which spread throughout the country in various times in the world. Thus, Epidemic is the outbreak of some disease on a very large scale.
When diseases are spread throughout the globe with no connectivity in places, its known as a Pandemic. For instance, AIDS is a disease which is affecting many people in the world. There are HIV patients in many parts of the world which are not even close to each other. Unlike and epidemic, pandemic diseases do not affect the immediate person necessarily.
For a better understanding, it can be stated that an Endemic disease is one which affects a group of people say a family or a small village.
An Epidemic is a disease which spreads in the city/state.
A Pandemic disease is that which spreads in the whole country.
(Ofcourse do not consider the exact boundaries here. It just refers to the number of people.)
I had this in my last year's syllabus.
So kind of a revision for me.
Hope i was clear to you and was of help.
Cheers!
Rudra
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met:
Emergence of a disease new to a population.
Agents infect humans, causing serious illness.
Agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.
A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious.
Description of epidemic - American Heritage® Dictionary
ADJECTIVE: 1. Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time: an epidemic outbreak of influenza.
Emergence of a disease new to a population.
Agents infect humans, causing serious illness.
Agents spread easily and sustainably among humans.
A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious.
Description of epidemic - American Heritage® Dictionary
ADJECTIVE: 1. Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time: an epidemic outbreak of influenza.
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