Epidemic definition

Epidemic means a sudden development and rapid spreading of a contagious disease or illness in an area as documented by a recognized public health authority.
Epidemic means a sudden development and rapid spreading of a contagious disease in a region where it developed in a simply endemic state or within a previously unscathed community.
Epidemic means the occurrence in a community or region of a group of similar conditions of public health importance that are in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source.

Examples of Epidemic in a sentence

  • CSTE has established the Applied Epidemiology Fellowship (AEF) which is closely designed after the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program and uses a mentorship model to train recent graduates in the expanding field of applied epidemiology; in 2022 CSTE graduated its 20th class of fellows under the AEF program.


More Definitions of Epidemic

Epidemic means an outbreak of a contagious illness or disease that spreads rapidly and widely and that is declared an epidemic by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Epidemic means an extension of a disease subject to the Regulations by a multiplication of cases in an area;
Epidemic means an outbreak of a communicable disease which calls for infection control measures to be applied extensively;
Epidemic means an outbreak in a community or region of a group of infections of similar nature, clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source.
Epidemic means any contagious disease outbreak which is classified as such or pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) or Malaysia’s Ministry of Health.
Epidemic means “a fast-spreading contagious disease or Illness that a recognised public health authority declares, defines, detects or states or otherwise classifies as an epidemic.
Epidemic means the occurrence or outbreak in a facility of one or more cases of an illness in excess of normal expectancy for that illness, derived from a common or propagated source.