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A Review: Epidemics and Pandemics in Human History

Harmanjot Kaur, Shashwat Garg, Himanshu Joshi, Sumbul Ayaz, Surabhi Sharma, Maulshree Bhandari

2020International Journal of Pharma Research and Health Sciences30 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Infectious diseases greatly increase death rate in world population that dysfunction or breakdown social life, effect on economy. Nature powers are erratic. Therefore it is truer that some infectious diseases come without giving any warning by nature. The diseases which spread one person to other person in particular area, city very rapidly is known as Epidemics and the diseases which spread from one country to others known as Pandemic. Choleric plague, smallpox, AIDS and influenza etc. was very dangerous communicable diseases in past years ago and some are also present now like AIDS and COVID, it is the most devastating example of pandemics. Disease outbreaks are occurring when disease spread unexpectedly and rapidly. Epidemics and Pandemics damage to humans in few time.

Topics & Concepts

PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeographyVirologyHistoryBiologyMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses