What is a Pandemic?
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pandemic
Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. It becomes a pandemic when people start to get infected by people who have no traces to the infected countries or the initial epidemic center
ECDC
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Spanish Flu
Pandemic that is beleived to have started in Kansas and was then brought over to Europe by troops. But it's named the Spanish flu because Spain a neutral country during World War openly reported on its occurrence while other countries censored or tried to hide it. This time 500 million people were infected and an estimated 50 to 100 million died.
WHO
World Health Organization
epidemiologist
a specialist in the study of outbreaks of disease within a population group
epidemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
mutated
changed in form or nature
Antonine Plague
165-180 BC. Possibly smallpox brought back from the Near East; killed a quarter of those infected and up to five million in all. 5,000 people a day were said to be dying in Rome
H1N1
A form of swine influenza virus
scientist
A person who uses the scientific method to discover new knowledge.