http://outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com/
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/
OUTBREAKS, EPIDEMICS,
& PANDEMICS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yToii3-p-NI (the sneeze)
CANCER
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGaQ0WwZ_0I cancer
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpTTolebqo (cancer)
TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
OUTBREAK
when a disease
occurs in more people
than expected in a
community or region.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ / (WHO)

http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/index.html (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/RespondOutbreaks/index.html (video)
October 2012 - strawberries imported
from China were thought to be
contaminated with norovirus. More
than 11,000 students were sickened
throughout eastern German, with 32
requiring hospitalization. About 500
schools were involved in the outbreak
of this norovirus, which is the
leading cause of stomach flu.
Transmission?
TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
EPIDEMIC
 Same as an outbreak
except the percentage of
overall deaths caused by the
 epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) in 2003, sickened about 8,098 people and
led to about 774 deaths in 29 countries.
(Transmission: direct/indirect/possible airborne)
disease is higher OR the
 Washington State Secretary of Health declared a
number infected
pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic on April 3,
dramatically increases from
2012 after a 1,300% increase in cases were reported
one year to the next in an
epidemic.
compared with 2011 . (Transmission:
direct/indirect)
TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
PANDEMIC
A
pandemic is
 1918 Spanish Flu (Virus)
 DNA mutated into something more virulent.
 particularly deadly in 20 to 35 year olds.
a global
 First reported case in Kansas
disease
 estimated up to 40% of the world's population
outbreak.
was infected – killing 20 to 50 million people.
 (Transmission: direct/indirect) (Rosenburg 2012)
REVIEW QUESTIONS
 What factors may determine if a person who is
exposed to a pathogen will actually become ill?
 Why do outbreaks or epidemics end?
Works Cited
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic>.
•"Chinese Strawberries Sickened Thousands of German Students." Food Safety News. N.p., 9 Oct.
2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/german-students-got-sick-onchinese-strawberries/>.
•"Families Fighting Flu." Families Fighting Flu Resources Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.familiesfightingflu.org/resources/>.
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17 Nov. 2012. <http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/faq/transmission.shtml>.
•"Frozen Strawberries Linked to 11,000 Food Poisoning Norovirus Illnesses in Germany." Food
Poisoning Bulletin. N.p., 6 Oct. 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
<http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2012/frozen-strawberries-linked-to-11000-food-poisoning-norovirusillnesses-in-germany/>.
•Koerner, Brendan. "Whether It's Time to Freak about the Flu." Slate Magazine. N.p., 19 Dec. 2003.
Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2003/12/outbreaks_vs_epidemics.html>.
•Rosenburg, Jennifer. "1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic." About.com 20th Century History. N.p., 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.
<http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/p/spanishflu.htm>.
•"OUTBREAK: An Infectious Disease Role-playing Activity." Howard Hughes Medical Institute, n.d. Web.
17 Nov. 2012. <http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/pdf/outbreak.pdf>.