A(n) _____ is a disease that spreads and affects a large number of people.

epidemic

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The correct option is A epidemic
An epidemic is a disease that spreads and affects a large number of people—for example, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom of 2003 that took the lives of many people worldwide.

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Terminology	Definition
1. EPIDEMIC	A disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region.
2. PANDEMIC	A is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents.
3. ENDEMIC	A disease that occurs only infrequently, haphazardly, irregularly or occasionally at times in a few isolated places with no discernible temporal or spatial pattern
4. SPORADIC	It is used to describe a disease that is present at an approximately constant level within a society or country.

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