Pandemics
16 entries in the Pandemics compendium.
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDSA persistent global pandemic with no cure.Bills of mortalityWeekly London burial statistics, 1527–1858, increasingly incomplete.COVID-19 pandemicGlobal pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, beginning in late 2019.Crimson ContagionA 2019 US pandemic simulation revealing critical response gaps.Disease XWHO placeholder for a future unknown pandemic pathogen.1919–1930 encephalitis lethargica epidemicA mysterious neurological epidemic that vanished as suddenly as it appeared.How to Prevent the Next PandemicBill Gates proposes a global team to prevent future pandemics.Influenza pandemicIrregular global outbreaks of novel influenza strains from animals.Pandemic severity indexA US scale for rating influenza pandemic severity.Plague of CyprianA third-century plague that devastated the Roman Empire.Predict (USAID)USAID-funded pandemic early warning program, 2009–2020.1929–1930 psittacosis pandemicA global outbreak of parrot fever from bird trade.Science diplomacy and pandemicsScience diplomacy uses collaboration to solve global health crises.Swine influenzaSwine flu is a viral infection endemic in pigs that can spread to humans.Viral loadViral load quantifies virus in fluid, guiding therapy for chronic infections.VirusSubmicroscopic infectious agent replicating only inside living cells.
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