Epidemic
rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time
Eastern Denmark 1831 epidemic
Hittite pest
Plague epidemic in Kiev in 1770-1771
2022 meningitis outbreak in Durango, Mexico
pandemic
Otter Valley polio epidemic
Tanganyika laughter epidemic
Western African Ebola virus epidemic
2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak
2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia
Great Plague of Marseille
2015 Indian swine flu outbreak
2015 South Korea respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak
1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak
1916 polio epidemic
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Shimla jaundice outbreak (December 2015 – Present)
Groningen epidemic
Sleep hollow
1915 typhus and relapsing fever epidemic in Serbia
2009–2010 West African meningitis outbreak
Gin Craze
2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
Italian Plague of 1629-1631
Gorakhpur hospital deaths
2017–18 United States flu season
Black Death in England
dengue fever outbreak
Great Northern War plague outbreak
Psittacosis outbreak of 1929–1930
1983 West Bank fainting epidemic
Plague of Athens
1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
yellow fever in Buenos Aires
2002–2004 SARS outbreak
Black Death in France
Black Death in Italy
cholera outbreak
1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak
1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak