| epidemic typhus |
A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40?c (104?f), intractable headache, and a pink-to-red raised rash. The cause is a microorganism called rickettsia prowazekii. It is found worldwide and is transmitted by lice. [CancerWEB]
출처: www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/EnglishT.htm
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| epidemic |
The occurrence of cases of an illness in a community or region which is in excess of the number of cases normally expected for that disease in that area at that time.
출처: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/glossary.htm
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| epidemic |
An extensive development of a pest or disease in a geographical area or community, in a given time and space.
출처: www.knowledgebank.irri.org/glossary/Glossary/E.htm
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| epidemic |
A sudden large outbreak of an infectious disease rapidly spreading among the population. Influenza is nowadays the most common cause of an epidemic. An epidemic spreading in many countries is called a pandemic.
출처: www.gastrolab.net/dictee.htm
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| epidemic |
Widespread outbreak of a disease, or a large number of cases of a disease in a single community or relatively small area. Disease may spread from person to person, and/or by the exposure of many persons to a single source, such as a water supply.
출처: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossary.htm
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