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- Dictionaryepidemic/ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/
noun
- 1. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time: "a flu epidemic" Similar
adjective
- 1. (of a disease) occurring widely in a community at a particular time: "epidemic diseases"
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3 days ago · Epidemic investigation is a set of procedures used to identify the cause, i.e. the infectious agent, responsible for the disease. It is also used to identify the people affected, the circumstances and mode of spread of the disease, and other relevant factors involved in propagating the epidemic.
5 days ago · influenza, an acute viral infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract that is marked by fever, chills, and a generalized feeling of weakness and pain in the muscles, together with varying degrees of soreness in the head and abdomen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Influenza is an acute viral infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract marked by fever, chills, and a generalized feeling of weakness and pa...
- Influenza is caused by several closely related viruses in the family Orthomyxoviridae, an RNA virus group. Influenza viruses are categorized as typ...
- Pandemics are worldwide outbreaks of a disease and are estimated to occur on average once every 50 years for influenza. Epidemics happen much more...
- When an influenza pandemic emerges, WHO adheres to its six-phase preparedness plan. Phases 1–3 are the early stages in pandemic preparedness design...
- The symptoms of influenza include sudden and distinct chills, fatigue, and muscle aches. A person’s body temperature rises rapidly to 38–40 °C (101...
5 days ago · Public health, the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental health, sanitation, personal hygiene, control of infectious disease, and organization of health services. Learn more about the history of and the organizational patterns and progress in public health.
5 days ago · Smallpox is an infectious disease that begins with fever and headache and proceeds to an eruption of the skin that leaves pockmarks. For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded diseases. But it was also one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine, which led to its eradication in 1980.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Smallpox is caused by infection with variola major, a virus of the family Poxviridae. A less-virulent form of smallpox, called alastrim, is caused...
- Smallpox was one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine. In 1967 the World Health Organization (WHO) began a global vaccination progra...
- For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children.
- People who survived smallpox were permanently immune to a second infection, though they faced a lifetime of disfigurement and, in some cases, blind...
- The last endemic case of smallpox (actually an infection of variola minor) was recorded in Somalia in 1977. No cases were reported from 1977 to 198...
- Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is a member of Poxviridae, the same virus family that causes smallpox and cowpox.
1 day ago · What does an epidemiologist do? Epidemiologists design, implement, and manage studies of various types regarding pathogens. Their work could pertain to pandemics, such as the present COVID-19 pandemic, or to isolated outbreaks of wholly unrelated diseases.
4 days ago · As described in the introduction, the organisms that cause communicable diseases are called infectiousagents, and their transmission to new uninfected people is what causes communicable diseases; (note that infectiousdiseases is an interchangeable term). Familiar examples of communicable diseases are malaria and tuberculosis.
4 days ago · Define epidemiology; Understand basic terminology and concepts; Identify data sources and methods of data collection; Describe public health problems by time, place, and person; Identify key components of a descriptive epidemiology outbreak investigation; Public Health Approach. Identify the problem through surveillance systems
