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Epidemic vs. Pandemic - Coggle Diagram
Epidemic vs. Pandemic
What Causes an Epidemic?
Natural Disasters & War
Intro of a New Disease
Lower Resistance
Increased Virulence
Infected Food & Water
How does Disease Spread?
Airborne Transmission
COVID-19
Food/Water
Dysentery
Insects/Animals
Malaria
How do Epidemics/Pandemics End?
Seasonal Changes
Fewer Carriers
Fewer Hosts (Herd Immunity)
What is an Epidemic?
A large outbreak of a disease within a specific region
What is a Pandemic?
When an epidemic starts spreading worldwide (global outbreak).
6 stages of a Pandemic
small clusters
community outbreaks
found in humans
spread to at least 2 countries
found in animals
full-fledged pandemic