Question

The sudden outbreak of a disease can be classified as an epidemic or a pandemic depending on

A. Whether the disease is transmitted by air or by direct contact. B. Whether anyone has died from the disease or not. C. Whether the outbreak is isolated to a region or widespread. D. Whether a virus or bacterium caused the initial outbreak

Answer 1

Answer: C. whether the outbreak is isolated to a region or widespread.

Explanation: When we look into the definitions of both terminologies what we get is,

Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of a particular infectious disease in a community or region.

Pandemic: A pandemic is an epidemic spread over a large geographical area that might include a state, country, or continent.

As the differentiating term in both these terminologies is the area of occurrence of infectious disease so option C which is related to region stands correct.