2007-04-04 16:21:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
an "epidemic" is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected", based on recent experience.
Common diseases that occur at a constant but relatively high rate in the population are said to be "endemic"
2007-04-04 16:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by sak478 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Communicable disease
2007-04-04 23:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by rebekah o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transmission (medicine), the passing of a disease
2007-04-06 19:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by rn.student 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Epidemic
2007-04-08 19:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jane d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if there's another term, but a disease that spreads would be "contagious".
example: ("The influenza virus is contagious, that's why all those poor kids got it.")
2007-04-04 23:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dissemination.
2007-04-04 23:28:29 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infecting the person or place it spread to... a diseas that spreads easily is called communicable
2007-04-04 23:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by drjen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Outbreak?
2007-04-04 23:28:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
contamination
2007-04-04 23:34:47 · answer #9 · answered by REALLY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋