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| | Pandemic - definition of Pandemic in Encyclopedia |
 | | For example, the class of diseases known as cancer is responsible for a large number of deaths, but cancer is not considered a pandemic because it is not infectious (even though certain infectious agents are known to increase cancer risk). | | | As of 2002, however, the recent emergence of these diseases into the human population has shown their virulence is high, such that they tend to 'burn out' in geographically confined areas or that their effect on humans is currently limited. | | | There have been a number of significant pandemics in human history, all of them generally zoonoses that came about with domestication of animals - such as smallpox, diphtheria, influenza and tuberculosis. |
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| | Pandemic Studios - encyclopedia article about Pandemic Studios. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | Recently, their major hits have been Full Spectrum Warrior, and. | | | There are currently five development teams inside Pandemic: |
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| | ipedia.com: Spanish Flu Article |
| | This was mainly because the pandemic received greater press attention in Spain than in the rest of the world, because Spain was not involved in the war and there was no wartime censorship. | | | It is thought to have been the most deadly pandemic... | | | The two teams had analysed the structure of the gene and discovered how subtle alterations to the shape of a protein molecule had allowed it to move from birds to humans with such devastating effects. |
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| | Major Historical Events [encyclopedia] |
| | The plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis which is spread by fleas with the help of animals like the black rat Rattus rattus) -what we would call today the sewer rat. | | | Most scientists believe that the Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague, a dreaded disease that has spread in pandemic form several times through history. | | | The Black Death (also The Plague, and latter the Black Plague) was a devastating epidemic in Europe in the 14th century which is estimated to have killed about a third of the population. |
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