epidemic

Summary

epidemic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• epidemic is a type of disease outbreak^[2].
• epidemic is a type of disaster^[3].
• epidemic is a type of pathogen spread^[4].
• epidemic's Commons category is recorded as Epidemics^[5].
• epidemic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epidemics^[6].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[7].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[8].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[9].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[14].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[15].
• epidemic's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[16].
• epidemic's topic has template is recorded as Template:Epidemics^[17].
• epidemic's different from is recorded as endemic disease^[18].
• epidemic's has list is recorded as list of epidemics^[19].
• epidemic's studied by is recorded as epidemiology^[20].
• epidemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus^[21].
• epidemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19^[22].
• epidemic's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18024'}^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include disease outbreak^[2], disaster^[3], and pathogen spread^[4].

Influence

Things named for epidemic include Palus Epidemiarum^[24], a palus^[25].

Why It Matters

epidemic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).^[1] epidemic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] epidemic is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for epidemic include Palus Epidemiarum^[24], a palus^[25].