Skip to main content
Θησαυρός Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών ΔΥΑΣ

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Natural disasters > Epidemics

PREFERRED TERM

1837Epidemics  

BROADER CONCEPT

SCOPE NOTE

  • Temporary but widespread severe outbreaks of an infectious disease which affect a large part of a population and may result in sudden spikes of mortality, economic drawback, demographic change and social upheaval. Epidemics are due to diverse factors (ecological, genetic, social, etc.) and vary according to their extent and ferocity.

SOURCE

  • Hays 2005

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

CREATOR

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

NOTATION

  • 1837

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

URI

https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1837

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Last modified 2020-04-02 Created 2019-07-16