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Pandemic means affecting a large population or geographic area i.e. "AIDS is pandemic in Africa."

Endemic means affecting a certain area i.e. "Kangaroos are endemic to Australia."

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A disease that is characteristic of a particular local region is called which of the following endemic or uniform or pandemic or disastrous?

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Is stroke an endemic or pandemic?

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A disease that has a steady frequency over time in population is?

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Is Ebola a pandemic or a epidemic?

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The major difference between an endemic and a pandemic disease is that?

When you say endemic it means a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location while epidemic means a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. Conclusion: Epidemic doesn't happen most of the time, it only occurs in a specific point in time unlike endemic (which is always present) in most of the time in a particular place or area.


What are pandemic species?

In an ecology sense, a pandemic species is one that is widely distributed throughout a country or continent. Its opposite is endemic, meaning species only found in a particular region.


What is the difference between epidemic and endemic in term of community?

An epidemic is a sudden outbreak of a disease (or metaphorically, something that is being compared to a disease, such as an epidemic of crime). A disease can also be described as endemic, which means that there is some incidence of that disease which is always present and doesn't go away.


Three patterns that can occur when outbreaks of disease spread?

reservoir:is a source of the pathogen in the environment Reservoirs might be animals, people, or inanimate objects such as soil. Endemic diseases, epidemic, and pandemic.


What is the Difference between endemic and epidemic disease?

An endemic disease is one that is continuously present in the population, often because there is a non-human reservoir for the microbe that causes it. An epidemic disease is one that spreads in a sudden, massive surge within a population that is largely without immune protection.


Will it be endemic in orissa or endemic to orissa?

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What was the last pandemic in history?

Swine Flu -_- The 2009 swine flu outbreak was an pandemic of a new strain of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 identified in April 2009. It was thought to be a mutation (reassortment) of four known strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1: one endemic in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine).[58] A June 5th update by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) states that “69 countries have officially reported 21,940 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 125 deaths.” [59] -- Source-http://www.answers.com/topic/2009-swine-flu-outbreak --