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    #41 ROSARIO, CORINA FAYE D.

    , 1FPH

    PANDEMIC
    The term pandemic came from the Late Latin word, pandemus, and Greek work pandemos, which means of all
    people. It relates to geographic spread, used to describe a disease that affects a whole country or the entire world.
    Meaning, it affects a large number of people or an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

    Examples:

    Black Plague (1347 – 1353, Asia to Europe)


     caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that
    circulates among wild rodents
     killed more than 75 million people

    Spanish flu pandemic (1918)


     official cause: pneumonia
     killed over 50 million people in one year, including 675,000 Americans

    REFERENCES:
     Latson, J. (2015, March 11). Influenza Epidemic History: Why Was the Spanish Flu so Deadly?
    Retrieved from http://time.com/3731745/spanish-flu-history/
     Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic | Features | CDC. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://www.cdc.gov/features/1918-flu-pandemic/index.html
     The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://www.historytoday.com/archive/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever
     What is a pandemic? (2015, June 21). Retrieved from
    https://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/pandemic/en/

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