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An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1]
Free-living amebic infection: No Fusobacterium species Fusobacterium infection No usually Clostridium perfringens; other Clostridium species Gas gangrene (Clostridial myonecrosis) No Geotrichum candidum: Geotrichosis: No PRNP: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) No Giardia lamblia: Giardiasis: Detection of antigens on the surface of ...
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. [7] [11] The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, [10] making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.
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 where civil life is disrupted. Epidemic typhus is spread to people through contact with infected body lice, in contrast to endemic typhus which is usually transmitted by fleas.
Main article: Anthropause The global reduction of modern human activity, especially travel. Artificial immunity Immunity resulting from a vaccine or other immune-generating substance.
Since the heroin epidemic first hit, the 110 beds at the publicly-funded Grateful Life Center have become some of the most coveted real estate in Northern Kentucky. The facility for men, part of the Recovery Kentucky network, is located in Erlanger, just down the road from the Kenton County jail.
Epidemic, a San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band from the late 1980s and early 1990s Epidemic Records , a record label Epidemic Sound , a global royalty-free soundtrack provider based in Sweden
"Writing Tremor Epidemic" (1892, 1904) – The right hand of a 10-year-old girl in Groß Tinz began trembling, which developed into full-body seizures that spread to 19 other students. A similar epidemic affected 20 in Basel, Switzerland. Twelve years later, the Basel school experienced another outbreak that affected 27 students.