Pandemic
Definition:
An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region
or even throughout the world.
Source:
CoRIS
Glossary 
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Research has identified three prerequisites for the start of a pandemic.
- A novel virus subtype must emerge to which the general population will
have no or little immunity.
- The new virus must be able to replicate in humans and cause serious
illness.
- The new virus must be efficiently transmitted from one human to
another; efficient human- to-human transmission is expressed as sustained
chains of transmission causing community-wide outbreaks.
Source:
WHO
Avian Influenza: assessing the pandemic
threat
Related words:
Epidemic
Translation(s):
Español: Pandemia
Français: Pandémie
Nederlands: Pandemie
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