Epidemics
17 entries in the Epidemics compendium.
580 dysentery epidemic in GaulA 580 epidemic in Gaul, possibly smallpox, killed several Frankish nobles.Black weddingA Jewish ritual wedding to ward off epidemics.Cricket paralysis virusA paralytic virus of crickets with a wide host range.Epidemic curveA chart visualizing disease outbreak onset and transmission mode.Hittite plagueThe disease was intentionally brought to western Anatolia in what is described as the 'first known record of…Human-to-human transmissionDirect spread of pathogens between people, enabling pandemics.Malaria in Mandatory PalestineZionist anti-malaria efforts transformed uninhabitable swamps into viable land.Native American disease and epidemicsEpidemics from European contact devastated Indigenous populations in the Americas.Pandemic Severity Assessment FrameworkCDC framework assessing pandemic transmissibility and clinical severity.Plague (disease)Plague is a bacterial disease with three forms and a historic pandemic.Plague of AthensA devastating epidemic that weakened Athens during the Peloponnesian War.Plague of SheroeA plague wave that devastated the Sasanian Empire and killed its king.Superspreading eventEvents where a single case causes unusually many secondary infections.SyndemicSynergistic epidemics driven by social and biological interactions.Targeted immunization strategiesStrategies to increase immunization by targeting high-risk groups and network hubs.Virgin-soil epidemicEpidemic in immunologically naive populations upon first pathogen contact.Yellow feverA viral hemorrhagic fever transmitted by mosquitoes.
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