Health Care

Pandemics

Epidemics of infectious disease that have spread to many countries, often more than one continent, and usually affecting a large number of people.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Epidemics of infectious disease that have spread to many countries, often more than one continent, and usually affecting a large number of people.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Pandemic

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, veterinary.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific disease / epidemiol and specify geographic location if pertinent

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History Note

2011; use DISEASE OUTBREAKS 2006-2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Disease Outbreaks (1967-2010)

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  1. N06.850w.290w.200w.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pandemics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058873. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058873
  2. Pandemics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic
  3. Pandemics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12184