epidemic
rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time
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Summary
epidemic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,303 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: disease outbreak[2], disaster[3], pathogen spread[4]
- Commons category: Epidemics[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Epidemics[6]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Epidemics[16]
- Different from: endemic disease[17]
- Has list: list of epidemics[18]
- Studied by: epidemiology[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[20], WikiProject COVID-19[21]
- Social media followers: 18,024[22]
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Influence
Things named for epidemic include Palus Epidemiarum[23], a palus[24].
Why It Matters
epidemic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] epidemic is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for epidemic include Palus Epidemiarum[23], a palus[24].