| LC control no. | sh2021008231 |
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| Topical heading | Pandemics |
| See also | Epidemics |
| Found in | Work cat: Morelock, J. Pandemics, authoritarian populism, and science fiction, 2021: ECIP galley (presently the representation of the "diseased Other" is to be found in pandemic, which is a terrifying unseen phenomenon since it can eliminate an entire population on earth) Salisbury, Preston and Joy DuBose, Controlled vocabulary and authorities, 2021 : (pandemics are intended to represent a larger geographical spread than epidemics, which may occur in a single city) Merriam-Webster online, Oct. 29, 2020: pandemic (noun: def. 1: an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population : a pandemic outbreak of a disease) epidemic (noun: def. 1: an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many individuals at the same time : an outbreak of epidemic disease; synonyms or near-synonyms: pandemic) MeSH, July 30, 2021 (Pandemics; scope note: Epidemics of infectious disease that have spread to many countries, often more than one continent, and usually affecting a large number of people; MeSH tree BT>Epidemics) |
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