While public health interventions in developed regions have greatly decreased mortality from viral epidemics, modern global air travel facilitates the rapid, widespread dissemination of these outbreaks across multiple continents.

Spread of Viral Epidemics via Air Travel

Diseases in which a larger than expected cases of such occur wuickly within a region

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Types of disease by incidence include:

- Sporadic diseases
- Endemic diseases
- Epidemic diseases
- Pandemic disease

Types of Disease by Incidence

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