COVID-19 is the most discussed matter these days. There are a number of terms widely used relevant to this infection and similar infections. An understanding of these terms will be useful to the layman. Some of the terms and relevant facts are given below.
1. Epidemic, pandemic, endemic, syndemic, outbreak
An epidemic is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region.
A pandemic is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents.
Endemic is something that belongs to a particular people or country. Syndemic is a set of linked health problems involving two or more afflictions, interacting synergistically and contributing to excess burden of disease in a population. Syndemics occur when health-related problems cluster by person, place, or time as first described by Merrill Singer in mid-nineties.
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