SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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A rapid spread of a disease over a wide area is called a/an ____
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Germ
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Flu
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Fleas on rats
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Epidemic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An epidemic is a sudden disease outbreak that affects a large number of people in a particular region, community, or population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Let’s start with basic definitions: AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region. A PANDEMIC is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents. ENDEMIC is something that belongs to a particular people or country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Similar to an outbreak, an epidemic is defined by being contained in a small population, but the number of cases is larger than normally expected. Other examples of epidemics in our modern world include yellow fever, smallpox, and West Nile.
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