pandemic
epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact
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pandemic
Summary
pandemic ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,071 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- pandemic is a type of epidemic[2].
- pandemic is a type of systemic risk[3].
- pandemic is a type of external risk[4].
- pandemic's Commons category is recorded as Pandemics[5].
- pandemic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pandemics[6].
- pandemic's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
- pandemic's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
- pandemic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[9].
- pandemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[10].
- pandemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[11].
- pandemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[12].
- pandemic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
- pandemic's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as pandemic prevention[14].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include epidemic[2], systemic risk[3], and external risk[4].
Why It Matters
pandemic ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,071 views/month).[1] pandemic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] pandemic is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]