Preferred Term
EPIDEMICS
Scope Note
Intensive outbreaks or periods of unusually high incidence of disease in a community or area
Used For
EPIDEMIC
Hierarchy
10 - HEALTH
Broader Terms
DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES
Narrower Terms
PANDEMICS
Related Terms
AVIAN INFLUENZA
CHOLERA
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COVID-19
EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE
ENDEMIC DISEASES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PLAGUE
QUARANTINE
SARS
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1002095
Other Formats
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Language Equivalents
ar
الأوبئة
zh
流行病
en
EPIDEMICS
fr
EPIDEMIES
ru
Эпидемии
es
EPIDEMIAS